Category: EVP / ITC

The Scene: We are currently in the middle of a massive snowstorm, with drifts reaching knee level. While I’d love to just stay cozy inside, the chickens don’t care about the weather! We had to literally dig our way to the coop just to feed them and change their water.

The Discovery: While we were shoveling, I took a quick video to capture the madness of the storm. Later, when I was reviewing the footage, I realized I wasn’t the only one commenting on the weather. Through the rhythmic scrape of the shovels and the sounds of the chickens, a voice manifested clearly:

“Sooo much… snow.”

The Analysis: What makes this clip so chilling (no pun intended) is the delivery. The word “snow” wasn’t just spoken; it was sung. It carried that unmistakable Prince falsetto—the same breathy, airy, and melodic voicing you hear on hits like “Kiss.”

The “Producer” Perspective: In the past, I’ve used scrambled “alive voice” samples to give him the raw material to speak (a process called Audio Transfiguration). But this time, he did it all on his own using the environment. He used the “white noise” of the shovels and the organic sounds of the chickens as his “carrier wave.”

It’s as if he’s still the master producer, sitting in a studio, taking the random sounds of my backyard and “mixing” them into his own iconic vocal signature. Even in a snowstorm, he’s finding the “buttons” to make sure his voice is heard.

For those who know his music, you know the ‘scoop’ he does when entering a high note. In this recording, that same melodic scoop is present. It’s a vocal fingerprint that is nearly impossible to replicate through random noise.

Recorded on January 25, 2026.