A Great Idea For Anyone Who Does XCM

XCM (Extreme Card Manipulation) has been discussed quite a bit at this blog over the last few days. After I posted the video of “Card Manipulation Guy”, people started talking and bringing up some really good points about XCM…

• Can XCM be entertaining by itself?
• Should XCM be considered a branch of magic, or its own art?
• Should magicians ever perform XCM in their shows? (Sort of like the old “should mentalists ever perform magic tricks” debate.)
• Is all that practice worth it?
• Will an XCM artist ever become famous outside the magic world?

Well, I’d like to switch gears a little bit and ask this question…

Can an XCM artist ever earn any MONEY???

Despite all the above discussion, everyone agreed that “Card Manipulation Guy” (I don’t even know his name…is it Dmitri?) is completely amazing and utterly talented.

So let’s help him, and ALL XCM artists, brainstorm ways to make their art pay off!

Where are some of the places an XCM artist can perform (ONLY XCM! No magic!) to earn a little bit (or a lot) of income?

I have a great idea, but I want to hear yours first. Post your possible XCM venues as a comment below…

1 Comment

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  By Ernie Flynn, February 25, 2010 @ 9:25 pm

  Hi Tim:
  I definately agree the man has skills. However having skill and being a good entertainer Isn’t the same thing. For me being an entertainer comes first and being a magician comes second. They may not remember what you did in a month but they’ll always remember the way you made them feel.

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