Introduce Yourself

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Zompetti on January 6, 2009 at 1:04am

Hi everyone...

I am a professor of communication at Illinois State University. I have only been involved with magic for about a year. I have always enjoyed magic, but only about a year ago did I realize a connection with my profession and magic. As I began to study the "academic" side of magic, I couldn't help but also dabble in some tricks. Now I have learned that it is a ton of fun, and I really enjoy performing in front of friends, family and audiences.

However, I am still concerned with the "academic" side of magic. My current project consists of the "rhetoric of magic" which means how magicians "connect" with their audience. I am interested in how magicians use different techniques to persuade their audience that the "impossible" is possible, or how there really is a "sense of wonder."

If you are a professional magician and would like to help me with my project, I would GREATLY appreciate it. I only have a few questions that will only take about 10 minutes of your time. Of course, you can always opt-out of a question or elaborate depending on your own perspective.

My goal is to produce a book about the matter. I promise to quote and cite folks appropriately. So, this means that when my book is finished, not only will it help magicians with different techniques on how to connect with their audience, but it will also help those magicians who I quote to increase their visibility.

Please let me know if you're interested. You can contact me via email at: zompetti@aol.com

Thanks!
Joseph Zompetti, Ph.D.
zompetti@aol.com
www.communication.ilstu.edu

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Ogaard on January 28, 2009 at 1:35am

If you're new to Club Magicians, please remember to introduce yourself to others!

Thanks!
Ryan

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Caputo on March 10, 2009 at 11:13pm

Hi All, I am a new member. My name is Chuck Caputo I am from the USA, I am a professional magician/collector and inventor of magic. I specialize in complicated sleight of hand/electronic and bizarre magic. You can view one of my latest bizarre videos on youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7wozSdm76w


Magically,

Chuck Caputo
www.freewebs.com/caputocollecton/

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Permalink Reply by Annamarie on March 14, 2009 at 9:05am

Hey I'm Anna i've been doing magic for only a couple of years since i was about 18 at the moment only performing for friends and family, how ever due to constant practise and an overwhelming love for magic i'm developing one last big show for my friends and hoping to start doing some shows for real audiances next year (fingers crossed), i also like gardening and own an alotment i always find out side is the best place to think and i love to write poetry. Its thanks to my brother that i love magic because when we where kids he wouldn't let me learn with him so my natural curiosty took over and i just had to know how he did it and now i cant stop learning magic.

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Permalink Reply by Jean Mars on March 17, 2009 at 4:05am

Hello! I am living in Switzerland and working in French-speaking countries. Are magicians from France, Belgium, Quebec… and Switzerland also registered on this site? It would be a pleasure of knowing them.

Je vis en Suisse et je travaille dans les pays francophones. Y-a-t-il des magiciens de France, de Belgique, du Québec... et de Suisse évidemment, inscrit sur ce site? Ce serait un plaisir de faire leur connaissance.

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Permalink Reply by kevin ALEXANDER on March 21, 2009 at 10:25pm

my name is kevin i'm a big magic fanatic.i started liking magic after i went to magic castle.i love doing card magic

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Permalink Reply by Vernell Pondexter on March 22, 2009 at 10:24am

Hello my name is Vernell. i'v been doin magic since I was 10. I kept a interest in magic because it revolves me to a different person when I'm doin street magic. My favorite magician is Brad Christian. My inspriration is Criss Angel. I am always willing to learn new things in magic.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Arno on March 28, 2009 at 12:02am

Hi all, great to be a new member here!

I fell in love with magic when my Uncle Jack did a few simple tricks for me as a very young boy. He died when I was still young and left me his magic kit. From that time I studied and practiced on and off to this day, fifty some-odd plus years later.
I worked for Paul Diamond in Ft Lauderdale in the 1960-70s (no pay, just the honor of being allowed to hang out with the "real" magicians and learn from them). In the 90s I started a small clown-magic business as Boffo the Magic Clown. Terrific fun, and another learning experience, if not much money. Now I'm on Whidbey Island in Washington and looking to start up again, this time more emphasis on the comedy magic and a little less of the clown...

Very much looking forward to interacting and learning from folks here!

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Permalink Reply by James Howells on April 4, 2009 at 5:20am

Hi guys I am a magician with a love of graphic design and am now combining both interests. I have set up a website www.magicpackagingdesign.co.uk offering magicians my graphic design services.

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Permalink Reply by Javier Montelongo on April 4, 2009 at 9:54pm

Hello Clarice.... Just Kidding I am Javier Montelongo here is a way to pronounce it Ha-V-Air just wanted to clarify that. It seems I am the only that is in my magic journey here in Salt Lake City, Utah. You can joke if you'd like. But originally I am from California. I started to do magic when I was fifteen I had blast thanks to the Masked Magician I learned a couple of tricks but I stopped because I grew up to young and thought it was a silly thing to do, Yeah I know at that age my thinking process was messed up. Christmas 2008 came up and my girlfriend bought me Criss Angel's book and since then I have been performing magic my girlfriend said I have been learning really fast but I can't agree I am my own worst critic. I love street magic and close-up not a fan of stage though I have performed it's ok not my favorite though so that's me. I know a lot of nothing

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Permalink Reply by Jansen Marson Ang on April 13, 2009 at 3:27pm

Hi i am Jansen Marson Ang, i lived in manila philippines.i want to promote or advance the art of magic.Being a magician is my passion.i want to take magic as a job.
more info,see profile

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Permalink Reply by Yeong Ken Jon on April 14, 2009 at 5:55pm

Hi, my name is Ken Jon.
I'm from Malaysia and I just got into magic around September 2008.
Still a beginner and trying to learn as much as I can about street magic and stage magic =)

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