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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
The fact is if you are a working pro you have bad nights. Try working 6 nights a week for decades. You have plenty of them.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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Muzz Regular user 175 Posts |
I hear you Danny but this performance was exceptionally bad, unplanned, unadvertised and unanimously unsatisfactory. This was not simply a bad night it was a travesty and as far as I was concerned - and my other course delegates - an expensive one...
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socalmagic Loyal user Los Angeles 267 Posts |
This is why it takes guts to be a hypnotist. You can do magic or mentalism no matter how bad the crowd, but hypnosis is completely dependant on your audience. I went to the Jerry Valley Hypnosis course about 13 years ago. I already had a strong background in hypnosis, but hadn't taken the plunge into stage shows. The course gave the confidence to do it. For the first several years, I would fully disclose to clients with smaller groups that I may not get any subjects far enough under, and in that case I would do a magic show instead. I never needed to do that.
Personally, when I have a tough crowd I will do more waking hypnosis and low level suggestions that don't require too deep of a state to induce. I also like to use sound effects to magnify the suggestions. Often times the waking hypnosis and low level suggestions will lead to a deeper hypnosis in your subjects. The big thing is that most people will not know it's a bad show. I just did a show on Sunday night that was not that great, It was for an othodox Jewish group, and it had tons of restrictions. I couldn't touch the women, have anyone dance, or refer to any body parts below the neck (like losing your butt or belly button). It was a challenging show, but I was able to get four people deep enough to respond to low-level suggestions, and that was amazing for them to see their otherwise straighlaced friends cutting loose. |
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bobser Inner circle 4178 Posts |
I heard this story from someone else who was there. Quite frightening really. Although I wouldn't normally cancel with only 20 in a normal situation I think I'd have wanted to in this case with 40% of the audience being my students. I don't think I've ever heard of that before.
Bob Burns is the creator of The Swan.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
Well so much of what is presented here even is guys who have delusions and redefine what hypnosis is to fit the results they get.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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