alot of people have asked me about my history, so here goes;
I learned my first magic tricks as a small child from my parents bringing stuff home and my grand father teaching me stuff.
I performed as a performance artist traveling the country through out the 80's reciting my poetry and short stories on stage, in cafes, cabarets, and on the street.
it was a mixture of effects, acting, and some singing and music.
due to my ignorance at the time on the subject of busking, I considered the streets an artistic endeavor and not an occupation...I made very little income from it.
it wasn't until getting a job at "magic masters" in the the early nineties that I focused all my performance on magic.
as far as street performing went I was performing any and all venues I could get including the streets, up until this time since I was a kid.
the streets didn't pay me very much then, because I wasn't properly trained. so I pursued payed venues.
it wasn't until the break down of my marriage around ten years ago that even the idea of street performing for a living entered my head.
after the seperation, my teacher in magic Doug and the rest of the teachers came and taught me how to properly street perform for a living.
I have been doing it ever since as my sole means of income.
I had worked many times in my life letting performing, support me and my family,
but it wasn't until I learned the system that Cellini taught, that I was able to begin this career.
since then, my wife has taken me back and I have a more stable life.
feeling that I owed Cellini and all of his students for my new life, I wrote the book, "to lure with spectacle." for them as they instructed me.
also I have set up a free instructional blog.
and have I tryed to protect my teachers from any slander, or misunderstanding of what they teach or their abilities, to the best of my knowledge.
I am proud of this even if it has opened a few cans of worms for me.
I would urge anyone looking to start out on the streets to read my free blog and I hope this information that has done so much for me will do the same for you.
the school of thought I come from is that what we do as magicians is real and not some cheap gimmick to make a buck.
I have been a magiican all of my life, I am very proud and opinionated about this lifestyle.
I try to be very loyal to my teachers and my students.
I have tryed to be as honest as I can, about my life and what I have learned, to further the progress of the other struggling magicians like myself.
http://jimmytalksalot.blogspot.com/.
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