Spring Scream Playing with the Brain with Brian David Phillips

Hypnotist Brian David Phillips presents his "Name Bits" during a comedy hypnosis show at SPRING SCREAM, 4 April 2010 (Kenting, Taiwan). This particular volunteer is a ventriloquist who is well known in the comedy circuit and he also happens to be a wonderful hypnotic trance partner. Since before the show someone told me that "Matt says he's going to be hypnotized tonight" I knew he was up for it. He told me some time later that he didn't go quite as deep as usual in this show but he's a wonderful suggestible and great sport anyhow. Actually, it is not unusual for folks to have their trance experience go up and down through an evening, particularly if there are extraneous things going on.

This clip is from a performance of the FUNNY HYPNOSIS COMEDY HYPNOSIS SHOW (a special event variant of my regular show for a festival crowd). While most of our shows in Taiwan are presented English with Chinese interpretation, this one was done completely in English to a rowdy crowd. We were scheduled to go on at midnight and due to the festival stage falling behind schedule, we didn't actually get to start our performance until about one-thirtyish and the crowd was a bit more than raucous what with some rather energetic performances and a bit more than a lot of Dinonysian beverages adding to the mix. For the shows I've done at Spring Scream, we invariably have to throw our regular rule books out the window and just jump in. Please note coarse language will be shouted above the din. Folks who say they need absolute quiet to perform hypnosis have obviously never attempted a show at an alternative rock festival, it's sink or swim time when you've got that much energy and that much sound all around you so we chose to dive in and swim full force and see where the tide took us. All in all, despite some hiccups, we had a wonderful time. See http://www.briandavidphillips.com information, mp3s, videos, photos, courses, and more.