Life of Brian

Rock Band in Taiwan?

After the charity hypnosis show in Nantou we performed last weekend and the great music at PostSecret Takes Taiwan, we spent the evening and much of Sunday with friends in Taichung. My friend Brian had just bought an X-Box 360 along with a copy of the bundle for Guitar Hero II.

Well, my daughter Kaye really liked the game . . . as a gifted musician she basically kicked everyone's butt twice and a half.

I did some searching a looking at versions online as we will likely buy her the game bundle when we get back from our US tour in February . . . and found lots of stuff on Rock Band by the folks at Harmonix which looks even more appropriate for her and her music social gaming needs . . . wow, that looks like tons of fun too.

Rock Band on Carson Daly

Rock Band Preview

Rock Band Trailer / Interview

Rock Band Gameplay

I haven't played drums in years . . . I mean real drums and not the sort of drum games we've seen so far in video games so the Rock Band set looks very interesting to me.

Anyone know when/if this game will be hitting Asia? Really, I mean "when is it coming to Taiwan?" I do NOT want to get the US region version as we want to be able to play it on our un-modded Taiwan machine and go online so we can download the new packs and the like . . . but we don't want to have to wait a million years to get it.

Of course, what I would really LOVE to see is a game with a keyboard peripheral so Kaye can really kick some serious butt (see http://www.kayephillips.com for her original piano compositions - yes, she is age thirteen). Personally, I'd like to see a music game that uses a horizontal scheme for note displays so that they are on a bar and are in proper music notation as they scroll past . . . a nice way for players to also learn proper music score reading instead of the now typical vertical system in place (you can still use the color keys in a horizontal display system).

The folks organizing Spring Scream really need to set up a Rock Band rock off in addition to the air guitar contest they had last year too. Speaking of Spring Scream, anyone know when they will be setting up for band/performer applications?

If anyone has a clue as to when Rock Band will hit Taiwan, drop a line.

All the best,
Brian

Post Secret Takes Taiwan . . . here we go!

This weekend . . . very soon . . . be there!

The fun starts at 1:00pm and goes through with a LOT of acts until 9:00pm.  My family-friendly comedy hypnosis show is set for 3:00pm.

See you in Caotun!

800 Year Lifespan? Sign me up!

Not quite as earth-shattering as the comments, but . . . very kool indeed . . . Geneticists Discover a Way to Extend Lifespans to 800 Years . . . the eight hundred years is only if the mutation in humans would be analogous to that in yeast which is still to be seen. Now, are they going to be able to simply repress the expression of the genes or is the genetherapy only good for newborns with in vitro genetic modifications?

Evolution

Downfall

Myth and Legend into Film . . .. . . Literature and Film Projects

These are a short film projects in which students were asked to adapt a literary work into a short film. This project was completed by students in my Literature and Film class at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, as part of a classroom project.

The Girl Who Changed Her Fate

Candy House

Cupid and Psyche

Little Sparkler Girl

MomoTaro-San

Three Genjias

Three Sons of Fortune

Troy

And now for something completely different . . . not by my students but very kool anyway . . .

Batman Dead End

That's what I've got so far . . . a couple groups still haven't handed in their assignments . . . hopefully they will get them in before the Jan. 16 deadline. After that, have a great Winter Vacation and Happy Chinese New Year!

All the best
Dr. Phillips

Suggestibility Fun videos online . . .. . . imagination games for speed hypnosis

I just uploaded a slew of online videos related to suggestibility fun . . . short videos demonstrating a number of imaginative suggestibility games.  In several of the videos, I also demonstrate how particular suggestibility effects can be converted into rapid or instant hypnosis inductions.

Those of you participating in the speed hypnosis events in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Taipei in February will be familiar with these . . . albeit, we'll be playing with a lot more in those events.

These clips as well as many many more are in the "video" section on my site at http://www.briandavidphillips.com - yes, that's the same volunteer trance partner from my hypnotic video challenge submission for this month as I started with the Rapid Progressive Relaxation and then ran through a number of inductions, deepeners, and suggestibility effects for fun.  The video system died on me so these are the highlights.

You can also get youtube variations of the clips on my channel at http://www.youtube.com/briandavidphillips - if you haven't "subscribed" there, feel free to do so now.

February is coming very fast . . . we're looking forward to seeing all you good folks!  If you haven't registered . . . be sure to contact David, Richard, and/or Lorraine for the appropriate event.  I imagine I'm going to be dog tired with all the running around in February but it's most certainly going to be a very good sort of tired.  See you soon!

All the best,
Brian

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Rapid Progressive Relaxation Induction

The theme for this month's HYPNOTIC VIDEO CHALLENGE is for folks to demonstrate INSTANT/RAPID PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION HYPNOSIS INDUCTIONS.  I opted for the rapid variation:

This was the initial induction from the session and once I went through the sequence I used the ol' Happy Balloons effect as a convincer and deepener.

The classic induction typically takes twenty minutes to as long as an hour or more to induce hypnosis. The rapid variation is around three and a half minutes or less. Note the use of hypnotic phenomenon after the induction itself.

To participate in . . . or for more information about . . . the Hypnotic Video Challenge sponsored by the Society of Experiential Trance - http://www.trancesociety.org - just go to the Challenge category and check the theme challenge for January 2008.

All the best,
Brian

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Certified Hypnotherapist
President, Society of Experiential Trance
Associate Professor, NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan
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What do you do with a married couple at a risque hypnosis show?. . . you give 'em magnetic butts

As regular readers know, I've got another series of hypnosis shows coming up in February (after we get back from our mini-US hypnotic tour to Atlanta and Los Angeles).  The upcoming shows on January 19 and February 24 are general audience friendly.  However, the show on February 22 (as well as the one on the 23rd with fellow-American hypnotist Aaron Glotfelter).  My show on the 22nd is risque while Aaron's is adult.

Speaking of my risque show . . . what do you do when you have a married couple volunteer for a risque comedy hypnosis show? You give 'em orgasmic magnetic butts . . . and more! Here I present my "Married Couple" set in my comedy hypnosis show at the Live Comedy Club Taipei, Dec. 7, 2007 (Taipei, Taiwan) . . .

This clip is from a HYPNO HOT performance (a risque variation of the Brian David Phillips Waking Dreams Hypnosis Show). This particular performance of the show was presented in English (shows with Chinese interpretation are also presented in Taiwan).

See http://www.briandavidphillips.com information, mp3s, videos, photos, courses, and more.

All the best,
Brian

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Brian David Phillips, PhD, CH [phillips@nccu.edu.tw]
Certified Hypnotherapist
President, Society of Experiential Trance
Associate Professor, NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan
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A Little Law Called "Murphy"

Okay, this just plain sucks.  I just finished a great demonstrational hypnosis session for my webpages, hypnocast, and blog that was awesome.  She is very responsive and took to trance like a fish to water.  I had planned on an "edutainment" session and ran through every single skillset for the basic hypnotist certification for the Society of Experiential Trance - the whole shebang, planning on later doing some explanatory hypnocast bits on each category.  Well . . . didn't work out the way I had planned.  The session was great and I was able to also throw in some other weirdness and fun bits.  Unfortunately, the camera failed and I didn't know it until after she had left.  I got a fraction of useable material in the file and am not a happy camper about it at all.  Grrrrrrr.  Murphy and his Law strike again.  C'est la vie.  At least I had a great session and she took something home with her that was positive from the experience whether I got useable video or not.

All the best,
Brian

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Brian David Phillips, PhD, CH [phillips@nccu.edu.tw]
Certified Hypnotherapist
President, Society of Experiential Trance
Associate Professor, NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan
http://www.BrianDavidPhillips.com