Today is Prince’s five-year anniversary since his passing. Ever since that year, I’ve noticed snow in April. Like the title of his song, Sometimes it Snows in April. It was never like that before, here in Toronto. And this year, I woke up to a yard full of snow. It was a strong reminder to me that he is here with me.
I decided to go out for a morning walk, and I took my camera with me.
Five years seems like a long time ago. So much has happened since. The world is really a different place now. It’s weird, it’s like become less innocent. I feel nostalgic for simpler times, preferably the 2000’s. When we still bought music on CD, and people didn’t rely on social media to communicate. People seemed nicer back then. More civilized.
Later in the day, I made this piece of artwork in his honor. I experimented with some new materialsI recently acquired, making this UV print with some lace and a necklace of his symbol.
This year, on my birthday, I was really busy working. I was occupied with fulfilling mask orders all day. I did take some time out to do an EVP recording later that day. I used some white noise i the background to help boost the sound.
I did not have time to review the EVP until much later. And it is only now that I have some free time to make a post. Hence, it has been over a month since my birthday.
The sound quality was not bad, I can still hear them on just my lap top speakers. But I find that hearing them with headphones, there is an extra dimension to it that you miss out on without the headphones. The clips are repeated on loop.
P wished me, “Happy Birthday to you… what do you want from me”. Which is funny, because a friend sent me a concert clip of him singing those same words. earlier that day
He wished me “Happy Birthday”, again.
He told me, “Andrea, you’re my… best friend”. This is rather funny to me, because around that time, I had a dream where I was writing in P’s notebook, to tell him a message, but I didn’t want him to watch me as I wrote it. I wrote, “You’re my best friend. I love you”. I don’t remember if this dream was before or after my birthday, but I definitely didn’t find out about this EVP clip until after the dream.
Someone asked to talk to me, “Can I talk to her?”. P gave her permission to speak on EVP to me. I have told P that he is my gatekeeper to the spiritual world. I do not want to be contacted by anyone other than him. I know I may have mediumistic abilities, but I personally choose to keep that door closed.
She said, “Angels protect you”.
And said, “God bless you”.
Someone else commented afterwards, “Prince mom talk to her”. I fell really honoured that his mom wanted to speak to me. What a blessing! I am truly touched by this.
Here is someone saying, “You go and get a cookie”. This clip is so clear! I don’t know who was saying this, or to whom. But I find it so cute.
I recently re-watched Gone With The Wind. I had only seen it when I was a child and did not understand the movie at the time. I didn’t really know what the movie was about other than the most famous scene in the end. This was a movie in Prince’s DVD collection found at Paisley Park. It was recently mentioned a lot in the news about being banned. I wanted to see what it was al about. I found that I really enjoyed the movie. Old movies tend to be slow moving and can get boring very quickly. But this movie held my attention through out. I originally had the impression that the character of Scarlett O”Hara was a very shallow, unremarkable character. But I grew to admire her tenacity. If you overlook the messy love story, you will see that she embodies bravery, independence, intelligence, and strong will. These were not necessarily traits that were valued in women at the time that the story took place, or when the novel was written. Scarlett did not allow herself to become a victim of the times. She took charge and made the most of her circumstances. This movie is really about survival in difficult times. The is a kind of movie that can prepare you for challenging times ahead in the future, by offering a role model.
I feel that we are heading towards even more challenging times, but most people are unprepared. I would urge every person out there to make preparations. A second wave of coronavirus is likely to come. Similar to the Spanish fly, there were people who remained skeptical and refused to wear a mask, they let their guard down in the summer. And when the autumn season came, the virus came back even harder.
Every once in a while, I will go over less recent recordings for the first time. I record more often than I can keep up with. On this occasion, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Prince’s mother was with us when I was shopping. It was around the holidays, last year. This recording pre-dates a previous recording where P’s mother was also with us.
I am quite stunned with how clear many of these clips are. You should be able to hear them without headphones, but sound quality can vary depending on what device you use. So if you want a better listening experience, use headphones. For reference, I use Beats headphones when I review clips. These clips are repeated on loop.
Here is P saying, “My mother here”. This is so loud and clear, it’s undeniable!
Here some one says, “Prince’s mom here”. And then a mother voice says, “That’s his mommy”.
Here is P talking to someone, “Look my mom’s here”. We were in a store that we frequent, so he often talks to people he knows there.
Someone commented, “His family”.
It sounded apparent that there were spirits there “selling” perfume”. This voice said, “New perfume”.
I heard P say he wanted to make a perfume for his mom. So maybe there was a perfumery there? I’ve noticed that you can go to the same location over and over, and there will be different situations happening every time. I presume that spirits like to play “pretend”, like play shop, or restaurant. I heard sniffing. Then he said, “Smells like me, smells good”.
I heard sniffing on the recording. P was asking other people what they thought, someone said, “Smells good“.
It seemed that P was looking at something, he said, “Cashmere”. Then someone said, “That’s good, very nice”.
P then said, “I try it on“.
He said, “Look at me, I want that, please”.
It turned out he got a new hat. I heard someone tell him he looked stylish. Someone commented, “I love the hat”.
I ended up buying black liquorice. When I was waiting in line, he said, “Sweetie… Buy liquorice”.
Here is someone saying, “Everything is sparkly” . I think it was his mom saying that.
Sometimes, the other spirits can’t believe that it’s Prince right there in front of them, and they second guess it. Here someone said, “It’s really him”.
It really makes me happy to know that his mother visits, and that they have a nice time together. It’s even more special that I am able to capture a glimpse of it.
I asked P to makes these drawings for this post. I did them on an iPad Pro and Pencil, that I recently acquired. A wish come true. Now that we are drawing on a bigger screen, he adds more detail, color, and sometimes he adds a signature in the corner.
These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on December 2, 2018.
This morning I did a quick recording of my guitar playing, and I caught P singing along! I even heard him snapping his fingers! I have my guitar set at 432 tuning, which is what gives it that dreamy feel.
With musical EVP, I find it make s a huge difference to listen to it with headphones. There are some subtle frequencies that get lost on regular speakers. You still might hear it without headphones, but it will be more subtle, the words are less defined.
I couldn’t make out all the words that he was singing. Here some parts that were clear enough to make out, that I thought were worth clipping. They’re repeated on loop.
“Look how far we’ve come” ( You can hear a finger snap)
“You’re that girl in my dreams at night, fade into the morning light”
“I got you now”
“Thank God you’re mine”
“You play guitar”
I ain’t gonna brag, but you can imagine how he makes me feel.
I’ve found that location environment can really affect the quality of EVP recordings. Places with good acoustics can really amplify the EVP. I also think the type of place will affect what kind of spirits are attracted to be there, therefore affecting the overall content of the recordings. A while ago, I was at the park during Mother’s Day weekend. Lots of families were there to see the cherry blossoms and greenhouse conservatory. I have to say, I was stunned by the things I heard.
Most of these clips are amazingly clear. However what device you are using to listen from will affect the sound quality. I review my audio using Beats headphones, so if you want to hear what I’m hearing, you might want to use headphones to get the full experience of these clips. They are repeated on loop.
As I walked to the park by myself, I sensed that P had brought Mia with him. Turns out to be right! I found this clip of him saying, “Mia, where you going”.
My main objective for being there was to photograph the cherry blossoms. Listening to the recording, it turned out that P was also busy taking photos for other spirits! Here someone says, “Great shot”, and another replies, “Prince took it”.
Here someone says, “Prince take our picture”.
Here someone says, “Prince take my photograph”.
Here someone says, “Take a photograph”.
Here someone comments, “Wow, Prince”, and another says, “Great photographer”.
Here someone says to him, “You make postcard”. I guess they thought he should make postcards of his photos! I find this really funny because that is what I do with some of my photos. I sell them in my shop.
If you didn’t know, P was known among his friends as having a really good eye for photography. He had a Nikon, but in the later years, I saw him switch to a Canon. It’s so amazing to know that we are doing the same stuff together even though we are “apart”.
Here is someone laughing, “Hahahaha”.
I found this clip where a girl voice said, “Dear Diary”. And spoken on top someone saying, “Prince right there, look at that”. Was the girl writing in her diary?
Sometimes the spirits talk crazy fast. Here is what I could make out, someone said, “I wonder what…”. Another says, “This is centre”. Maybe they were wondering where we were?
This clip is stunning. A girly voice says, “Prince, we’re all in here”. It sounds so magical.
Amongst a crowd, someone said, “Prince will be in here”. It sounds like they were looking for him in one of the greenhouse rooms.
After I was done with being in the greenhouse, I went outside to get some more shots. I heard a kid voice ask to try on Prince’s gloves. He agreed to it and said, “My glove”.
Another kid came over and said, “I wanna see them”.
Then the kid said, “They’re giant though”.
I heard P say on the recording that his mother came to join us. Here a kid asks, “Who is this”. And P responds, “My mother”. As I was leaving the greenhouse, I was wondering if his mother was going to come see him for Mother’s Day. And she did!
It was a beautiful day out. It makes me so happy to know he is doing things too. Getting to hear a glimpse of it is incredible. I found that in my experience, (some, not all) spirits can be incredibly kind to each other over there. They help each other out. They can be really generous. It’s really touching.
P/S I’ve opened up an online shop where you can get my photography prints. Decorate your home, or give them as gifts!
At Prince’s request, I have been asked to post these two EVP clips for his dear sister, Tyka Nelson. He hopes that she will get to hear these. I will not be reaching out to her, because I want to respect her privacy. I leave it up to divine providence that these reach her. So if anyone out there knows her or has any connection, please pass this along.
Prince and Tyka as children.
These EVP clips were recorded on February 15, 2019 during a walk. It was windy outside and P’s voice was picked up by the wind. For those that are not familiar with the term, EVP is short for Electronic Voice Phenomenon. It is the recording of voices from spirit. The voices usually don’t sound like them, as they are using surrounding sounds to speak. Often the speech pattern is somewhat musical, and they sound cartoon-like. The quality of these two clips are quite audible even without headphones, but I still strongly recommend them for full effect. These clips are on loop.
Here is Prince saying his sister;s name, “Tyka Nelson”.
In this clip, P says, “Please tell her I love her”.
I am elated to share with you something really special that happened over the holidays. Prince’s mother visited us. I had no idea when it was happening, but I found out after I reviewed my EVP recording from the grocery store.
Most of these clips are pretty clear, but you may need to use headphones to hear these to its fullest. The clips are repeated on loop.
This is a store that we go into all the time, so the spirits in there are familiar with us and they don’t freak out that it’s Prince.
Mattie Della Shaw Baker, Prince’s mother, passed way in 2002, shown here with Prince.
The first clip I hear that really got my attention was Prince saying, “I love Mom”. I was a bit confused at first, because I was at the grocery sore with my mother at the time, why was he saying this?
I listened back a few seconds and heard him say, “Mu mama’s here!“. I thought, could this really be?
I kept listening, and I heard other spirits saying things like Prince’s mom is here, or asking if she was Prince’s mom. They were going nuts with excitement in there. In this clip, you’ll hear a voice say, “Wow”. Then another says, “Is that is mum here?”. Then another voice says, “Yes”.
Spirits were stopping to greet him and his mother. Here is her saying to them, “I visit them”.
As I was near the exit waiting for check out, P announced that we were leaving. Spirits came to say bye. Here is one voice that said, “Nice to meet you”. You can also hear P in the background saying, “We;re going now”.
Here is P saying, “Matching hat”. I was not wearing a hat that day, so I assume his mother was wearing a hat, as was he.
Here is his mother saying to someone, “Bless you”.
Almost about to leave, it sounds like someone bumped into Prince, saying, “Sorry Prince”. Then you hear Prince’s voice going, “Do, do, do, do, do… this way”. It sounds quite cute. I think he was directing his mom which way we were turning to exit.
I asked P about his mom’s visit. He said she came over to our house, and he showed her my photography on the walls. And as shown above, she came with us when we walked to the store to buy bread for lunch. I am still stunned that this happened and really happy P got to see his mom for the holidays.
These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on December 28, 2018.
