Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Z-Man]

Hi Shannon how about you sell a course to teach people how to make subliminals just to the level of 3g and 4g now that you are not making them anymore?

I am trying to create my own but I am stuck because there are many ways and I don't know which one is right and I can't keep testing every method.  I am definitely not interested in selling any because I think it's a very boring job with all the requests and complaining.  I just want to create my own and have the power.

Every time someone makes their own subliminal, they're not buying one of mine.  Selling a course in how to do it means you pay me once, and then you make all the subliminals you want.  That's one reason: it's not financially in my best interest, unless you pay me everything I would otherwise make when you pay me.  Are you going to pay me hundreds or thousands of dollars? And then we have piracy.  Someone would pirate the course, and then my effort to earnings ratio drops to maybe 5% of what it should be.  In the end, I end up making MAYBE 1% of what I would have made had I not made the course, and that's being generous.

Another reason is that even if I teach people how to script them properly, that does not guarantee that everyone will get it, understand it, and/or implement it correctly - read, safely.

Oh, and you're right - it is an EXTREMELY boring job most of the time.

Most people are lazy and want a finished product and are always after the latest tech.  What I want is something functional like a 99£ smart phone that's why 3g and 4g is fine. Not all your secrets.  People will still buy your latest products.

OK Shannon I am going to throw in some basic sub making questions and you can just ignore them if you want:

1. Tempo or speed?  I prefer tempo.  Can I go all the way for example to 500% or more or is this too much?
2. Layering or no layering?  Is there any benefit or does it just distort the audio?
3. "I am.." affirmations in one ear and "you are.." in the other.  Stereo.  Or one language in one ear and a second language in another.  What do you think of that?

1. Tempo and speed mean different things in different situations.  I don't know what they mean to you, but I will tell you that I had to figure out the optimal speed to use over the course of years, and that is a closely guarded secret.  Too slow and it's not all it could be, too fast and you're listening to static.  If you're not willing or able to figure out the peak, then 200% is a safe bet.

2. Layering also could mean different things.  I'm not sure what you mean here, but I use multiple different tracks overlaid in the mixdown I create my subliminals from.  How many is another closely guarded secret.

3. I use "I am".  Some people claim that's the wrong choice.  I create my base tracks in stereo audio.  As for multiple languages at once, it can work, but may not be optimal.  Some people make one ear hear the track played in reverse, and the other hear it played forward.  Some use different scripts in each ear.  Some use different languages in each ear.  All of this can work, but none of it is what I have concluded is the best option.

Shannon, Do you use text to speech or your own voice?