Andrea Mai | Artist Diary

A LOVE SONG FROM THE OTHER SIDE – EVP July 15, 2019

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.

Here is the entire song uncut.

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.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on July 15, 2019.

Image above: “My guitar” by Andrea Mai.

SPIRITS COMMENT ON MY ART DISPLAY – EVP June 10, 2019

Last year, I applied to do an art exhibition with the Toronto Public Library. I was thrilled when I got an invitation to show at the Don Mills branch for the month of June. June happens to be Prince’s birthday month, but Don Mills is also near to where Prince used to live in Toronto.

Unfortunately, the library was undergoing renovation during the month of May and it spilled over onto the first week of June, and I could only show for the remaining three weeks of June.

I decided to record EVP during the artwork installation, just to see what kinds of thing the spirits might say. Most of these clips are quite clear, but I still recommend headphones. Sound quality can vary depending on what device you use. I use Beats headphones when I review audio, so if you want to hear what I hear, use headphones. Subtle sound frequencies can be lost on a regular speaker. The clips are repeated on loop.

Prince’s presence seemed to get the attention of nearby spirits.They come over and chatted with him. I think they were a little stunned that he was there. One spirit said to herself, “I talked to Prince”. The tone of her voice sounded like she couldn’t believe it. You can hear me unwrapping the bubblewrap on artwork. This clip is quite remarkably clear!

I guess once they spoke to Prince, they went and told their friends about it. Here is someone saying “Prince spoke to me”.

Someone said, “You meet celebrity”, and then someone replied in a squeal, “Yes!”.

Someone remarked, “New ghost”.

Here, someone said, “Prince one with her”.

They started asking questions about me. Prince explained to them about the twin soul thing, and that after his death,“God take me, wake up next to her”. Prince does tend to speak quietly, so this clip is a bit harder to hear.

They asked him, “Do you love her”.

He replied to them, “Adore her”.

In this clip, someone asked, “Why do you do this”. P replied, “I love her”.

As I was hanging the art, P was commenting, “That’s it”, to tell me it looked ok. Someone said, “It’s beautiful“.

Here someone said, “I’m gonna go see your art”.

I had some photographs of Mont Blanc. Here someone said, “Mountains”.

Someone said, “Great art”.

I had a series of photos that were in circles. Someone said, “They are circle, like it”.

Another one also commented, “They are circle”.

After we were done hanging up the pictures, we drove through Prince’s old neighbourhood, but we didn’t go on his street. As we drove, it started to rain. It had been raining that morning, but luckily it stopped when I was unloading the art at the library. While in the car, P said, “Now it rain”. And right after that, you can hear my mom say in Cantonese, “Rain again”.

P said to me, “In your dreams”. Which then reminded me of a dream I had, on the morning that I was supposed to originally install the art show. In the dream, I got into a car with P, but I sat in the back seat, because there were boxes loaded in the front passenger side. P was driving. He was asking me to hand him an umbrella, even though he had a big purple one next to him. He wanted a different one. He had an umbrella on each side of the backseats. He had peeped his car with enough umbrellas for each passenger seat. It was raining, and we drove through a park. In the dream, we were driving to Paisley Park. In the EVP, we were driving past, Irving Paisley Park, which is near his old Toronto house. How funny, right?

I am really stunned by some of the sound quality on these clips. It’s nuts going through the recordings and hearing their conversations on the other side. Despite how unreal my experiences may seem, these recordings affirm just how real it all is.

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These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on June 10, 2019.

Image above: “Picture frame” by Andrea Mai.

P HELPED ME PICK OUT A GUITAR – EVP June 12, 2019

I have long wanted an electric guitar. One day, wile passing through town to an appointment, I saw the musical instrument store, Steve;s Music in Toonto. That place has been there for decades, and thankfully, it hasn’t been eaten up by the neighbouring retail real estate up-surge. I used to pass by this place all the time when I was in university.

I decided to have a look inside during some spare time. I recorded EVP while I was there. It was an interesting place to record in. This place has history. There’s memorabilia and photos plastered in the stairwell. It has that rough backstage feel, compared to the pristine fashion boutiques nearby. I really wasn’t planning to buy, just a look. But I saw something that I just couldn’t pass up. I got a Fender Squier Affinity in Surf Green. I couldn’t get over how much I loved the color. If I was ever going to get a guitar, it could never be in a basic, it has to be in a stand-out color. The color is reminiscent of a vintage 50’s, California dreamin’ vibe ‘. There’s no better color for me, than this minty sea green color. I’ve long obsessed with this color since around 2012 when I was dying silk fabric in this color. It looked like P dug this color too, as he wore it in a performance in 2013.

2013 Billboard Music Awards on May 19, 2013

The EVP revealed that P was actually the one who saw the guitar and led me to it. Most of these clips are pretty clear. But I still suggest headphones to ensure a good listening experience. I review audio using Beats headphones, so if you want to hear what I hear, then use headphones. Sometimes subtle frequencies are lost on regular speakers, and sound quality can vary on different devices. When it comes to EVP, headphones make a huge difference.

Waling out of an office building, spirits were asking Prince where he was going. He said, “Going shopping”.

Someone said, “Hey Prince’.

A curious onlooking spirit asked, “Where they going?”.

Someone said to P, “You’re following her”. Referring to me. They always wonder who I am, and why he’s with me.

When we got near the shop, P said, “Going Steve’s now”.

Someone said to P, “You played Coachella”. P played the Coachella music festival in 2008.

When we got inside, he must have went straight to the Fender, ’cause I didn’t even see the Fenders ’til the last aisle. There seemed to be spirits around, who really knew their guitars, acting like sales assistants. P said, “Ooh ohh I want this”. Someone said, “That’a s Squier”.

Here someone said, “A Fender”. P replied, ” It is beautiful”.

I’m not familiar with the names of guitar models. So I didn’t know the name of the guitar I chose until the sales guy mentioned it later. But before that, a voice was saying, “A Squier”.

And again, someone said, “A Squier, Affinity”. Affinity is the series name for the guitar I bought, which I didn’t know ’til after I bought it.

I kind of hummed and hawed in the store for a bit about this spontaneous purchase. Meanwhile P was saying, “Andrea buy, Squier”.

I think someone asked P for help with something. A man ‘s voice said, “Please… fix”. P said, “Ohh, it’s tight”.

Spirits were excited that Prince was in the store, they were telling each other about it. Here is someone saying, “Come, Prince here”.

Someone said, “Excuse me, do you mind, picture”. I guess they wanted a picture of P?

Someone said, “Wow, Prince here. He play guitar”.

Someone said, “Prince baby”. That is such a ’60’s thing to say. The store has a ’60’s vibe to it, since that is when it was opened. Being in there feels a bit like stepping back in time. Even the store logo has that psychedelic look in the font.

They said, “Very honoured. WoW”.

When I left the store, walking on to the streets, someone said, “What did you get”. P replied, “Electric guitar”.

It really makes me think, sometimes with the choices we make, there could be a spirit behind it, influencing our decisions. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.

I rally dig my new guitar. I’ll be experimenting with musical EVP with Prince very soon.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on June 12, 2019.

Image above: “Guitar picks” by Andrea Mai.

WHEN ANGELS CAME TO MY ROOM – EVP February 6, 2019

Sometimes I just don’t get to review an EVP right away. I just leave them aside and go back to them later. There are times that I will find some nice surprises in the recordings. They are kind of like little time capsules. I found this recording session from February, earlier this year. It turned out that there were angels on this one! I was recording with white noise in the background, so it made what they said more audible.

Before I share these EVPs, I’d like to share some truths about angels.

I didn’t fully believe in angels before doing EVP. Since then, it has been made an absolute believer in Biblical angels. I say “Biblical”, because they are not what people in the New Age community describe. These angels follow the Word of God, they show up upon God’s command, not because a human summons them. They talk about prayer, repentance, and Jesus. Call on God, and He will send His angels. People today, just don’t realize the power of asking God for help. Sometimes New Age people will talk about calling on angels for help. This is not right. First of all, the angels have told me to pray to God and not to them. They cannot help without it being an order coming from God. There is an order to how things are done. God’s angels are obedient to Him, and they do not cater to the whims of humans. Secondly, calling upon angels can lead to trouble, because if you didn’t go through God, and you go directly to angels, then those that answer are being disobedient. They are not of God. They may be demons masquerading as angels. Demons are fallen angels. They were once of God, but due to their rebellion, they became fallen.

This is not to say that if you didn’t ask for God’s help, that you won’t be helped. Angels can pray for you and petition to help you. However, you need to form that connection to God for yourself.

Churches talk very little about angels. I find this unfortunate. Even though I grew up in a church, angels are rarely discussed. It makes people think that maybe angels were only around during Biblical times. But that is because the Bible was the main document of where angels are talked about. Angels are very much involved today, and they are helping people all the time.

And for the interest of greater understanding, I’d like to state this fact that the term “angel” means “messenger”. It is not a reference to a type of spirit being. It is a general term for a title, a “job”. Most people, when thinking of angels, are thinking about a human looking being with wings. What they are really thinking of, are called “cherubim” or “seraphim”, as mentioned in the Bible. Not all angels have wings, as they can have the appearance of humans as well.

Now let’e listen to some EVP from angels! I have recorded these with white noise in the background. I find that it helps to amplify their volume. The only drawback is that the noise can be distracting, and sometimes the words come out distorted. But other than that, they can sound very clear. As a note, I review my audio on Beats headphones, so if you want to hear what I hear, I suggest using some good headphones. This session was pretty good though, so you sound be able to hear even without them, though sound quality can vary depending on the device you are using.They are repeated on loop.

At the beginning of the recording, I heard P saying to the angels, “Use microphone”. So apparently they have technology, just like us? The sound quality did seem to improve after he said that.

Here is P saying, “Grateful, the angels come here”.

They said, “Don’t worry”.

Here they said, “Talk to God, hears your prayer”.

They said, “Pray for the angels protection”.

They said, “We pray for you too”.

They said, “Jesus is coming, you washed your robe”. The washing of robes is a reference to repentance and accepting Jesus. This is found in Revelation 7:14 (NIV) “And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”

They said, “Prove afterlife”. They were referring to the work I am doing. I’d been praying to God for guidance on what I am to do.

After a while, they seemed to be talking amongst themselves. They noticed the framed Prince records I have on my bookcase. P said, “Records”. They said, “That’s you!”.

I found this all very astonishing. It feels really good to know that my prayers are heard. I know that the angels do come and protect us. But I always thank God for sending them to us. I ask every night for their continued protection. Spiritual protection is something that everyone should ask for, because there so many things occurring in the spirit world that we are simply unknowing of, and yet it can still have an effect on us. As I’ve said in other posts, the spirit world can have a great influence on us without us knowing.

I hope what I share with you, will help you to know that there is angels, and that there is God.

Image above: “Prince records” by Andrea Mai.

I SAW A GHOST, ON A BIKE – EVP May 11, 2019

In my last post, I shared EVP from my trip to the park to photograph cherry blossoms. On the way home, I stopped at the grocery store. I was stunned by the things I heard on the recording. Actually, that whole day was quite amazing.

After I was done at the grocery store and started walking home, just as I came to the last corner of the strip mall, for a very brief moment, I saw a male figure on a bike. It was so quick, and it out of the corner of my eye. When I turned by head, there was no one there. I really started to doubt myself about what I saw. Did I see it? Or was it my mind playing tricks on me? I really felt someone was there, which is why I turned my head.

When I reviewed the recording, I was amazed to find out what was going on there at the strip mall, in the spirit world, that is.

It turned out that the spirits were gathering to go biking together, and they were meeting at the strip mall. So what I saw was someone coming with his bike to meet the others.

I’d never seen a ghostly figure before. I’ve seen orbs and energy, I’ve even photographed P, but not seen them as a figure, with my physical eyes. I’ve talked to people who have seen ghosts all their life, and I’ve questioned them about their experiences. Sometimes words are lacking when describing these kinds of experiences. From what I could gather, what one sees can vary greatly. Some have seen variations of a full solid figure, transparent figure, or just a part of their body, full color or shadow figure, or what some would describe as an outline. There is no one uniform visual experience. The same person can see an assortment of these variations.

What I saw was a kind of foggy figure, I didn’t see much detail, but I saw it was a man on a bike that rode past me. The strip mall is not well lit, even during the day, because of its grey painted exterior and shaded roof along the sidewalk.

Here are the EVP clips that I got that tell the story about what was going on. Most clips are pretty clear, but for some you may need headphones. I use Beats headphones when I review my audio, so use headphones if you want to hear what I’m hearing. Sometimes subtle frequencies are lost on external speakers, and sound quality can vary depending what devices you are using to listen from. They are repeated on loop.

A voice called out saying, “Let’s go biking!”. Another said,, “You wanna?”.

A boy voice then said to P, “Everyone I know is here”. I assume he means all his friends over

Then he said, “My bike’s broken”.

P told him that he could fix it for him. The boy said, “I’ll bring it to you guys”.

The boy told his friends, “Please wait here, it is broken”. Some voices said, “Ohhhh… that’s ok”.

A girl voice responded, “We’ll wait for you, bring it over there”. The boy replies, “Ok”. This was recored inside the grocery store, so I guess she meant that they were all going to wait outside in the parking lot.

I left the store, presumably the boy had brought his bike to P. Things seem to happen very quick; over there. P said, “I see what’s wrong”.

P told him, “I’ll fix it”.

Just as I walked out the store, a voice spoke in Cantonese, She said, “You really look like Prince”.

Another voice, also speaking in Cantonese said, “Saw Prince”.

Having let the strip mall and walking home, a voice said to Prince, “You were right”. P asked him what he meant by that. The boy said, “I have to pray”.

The sound quality from this part of the recording isn’t great. Here is how the conversation went. I’ve observed that conversations between spirits tend to be very abbreviated. They usually only form partial sentences. I think maybe it could be because they can convey meaning in other ways that we don’t understand.

Boy: You were right.
P: What are you talking about .
Body: I have to pray.
Boy: God.
Prince: You talk to God.
Boy: There is God.
P: Have to pray.

Here is a clip of the boy saying, “God”.

I feel really blessed to be a witness of all this, and to be able to share it with you. I’ve actually heard in another recording where Prince was fixing things for people. When I first heard this, I was like, “Whaaaa, there are broken things over there?”. People started lining up to ask him to fix something, and they came back with presents for him. I think because over there is an immaterial world, people can be incredibly kind and generous to each other. They don’t spare any expense to help each other.

I also found it so amazing that P is still spreading the word about God over there. He did it in life, and he still does it, ministering to other spirits who still don’t know that there is God. It is amazing to hear that this spirit came back to tell Prince how right he was about prayer. I’ve heard from the other side that when people here pray, the spirits can see the people glowing. I can only imagine what an incredible sight that must be!

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on May 11, 2019.

Image above: “Bike in Annecy, France” by Andrea Mai.

I WAS TAKING PHOTOS, AND SO WAS HE – EVP May 11, 2019

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!

Someone said, “It’s so beautiful”.

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!

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on May 11, 2019.

Image above: “Cherry Blossoms” by Andrea Mai.

ANGELS SHOWED UP WHILE I WAS SHOPPING AND SANG – EVP May 8, 2019

I never quite fully believed in angels until I started to encounter them on EVP recordings. I never heard of the possibility, as EVP has mostly been presented as a means to hear the voices of ghosts. Though I’ve had times in my life where I felt there was something out there helping me, one could always just consider one’s self as having been lucky, and fortunate events having been coincidental. Now I know that the spirit world is very much :involved” in the daily lives of humans, and without them knowing.

I was recently browsing through the Muji shop downtown in Toronto. I was recording while I was there, and when I reviewed it, I found out that there were angels there. And that they were singing!

These clips are mostly quite good, but sound quality can vary depending on the device you are using to listen on. I use Beats headphones as I review them. I recommend headphones if you want to make the most of your listening experience. Sometimes subtle frequencies are lost on speakers. These clips are repeated on loop.

I hadn’t been to Muji in a while and getting out of the subway can be a little confusing, so I ended up on a detour, walking in the wrong direction. While I was on the way there, a voice said to us, “Muji, go that way”.

Muji has home fragrance products, like essential oils and incense. It turned out P was interested in their incense and he got some for himself. It sounds odd, but it would appear that there is a spirit version of everything we have in our world. And so what I noticed, is that the spirits do go shopping for things. He bought himself some lavender incense. Here, he is saying, “Lavender”.

Someone asked P, “When’s your birthday?”.

It doesn’t seem like the time or place to say something like this, but maybe Prince thought it was a good opportunity to record some things he wanted to say. He said here, “Jesus coming soon“.

And then he said, “Cover us in the blood of Jesus Christ”.

To put into context for those who don’t understand the meaning of “Cover us in the blood of Jesus Christ”. The blood of Jesus is Biblical symbolism for the sacrafice of Jesus to redeem us all from sin. According to the New Covenant between God and all who believe in Jesus, they will have everlasting life. We are living in end times, so it is important to prepare by getting right with God.

John 1:7 (NIV): But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the bloodof Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

I heard many spirits commenting that there was a presence of angels, and they were wondering why there were there. P told them it was because I was recording. Here one voice says, “Wait a minute, why there’s angels here”.

An angel was singing, “Praise God”.

And “Praise God, God here us sing”.

And they sang,, “Angels of God”.

In this clip, someone asks, “Why they here? Angels”.

Knowing that these angels really do exist, and that they are of a Biblical nature, how can anyone not believe? Surely those times when I was in trouble, there must have been an angel there to help me! I hope that what I have shared with you today may help you solidify your faith in God. And if you are not yet a believer, I hope you will consider spending some time in prayer to God.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on May 8, 2019.

Image above: “Clouds” by Andrea Mai.