On Mar 29, 2015, PRINCE wrote:
Have I really just read suggesting not to say EVP in the performance?!?! you have to say evp because you have to explain what EVP's are, why they work and the science behind it to the real and genuine phenomenon that it is. Most people unless genuinely into the paranormal or paranormal investigators (like me) may have heard of it but doesn't actually know what it means but more importantly what it stands for! So you are giving a demonstration of what an EVP is and how you conduct the calling out technique carried out when actually doing a real paranormal investigation. So for it to even be the slightest believable it's key you give a good background on what an EVP actually is.

So then they know your a magician and now going to perform something a little different. They are so amazed when they hear the voice NOT because they think it's paranormal but how the hell have you magically got a voice on their phone. So all they do is search evp phone trick and there you go (1st page of any search engine)

On Mar 29, 2015, PRINCE wrote:
Really? I don't get why anyone would want to perform this as a trick? What's the point? So when the spec asks about this on how the voice is on there when no one ever heard it, you wouldn't want to claim this as paranormal - just a trick? That's the whole point of this trick is the make believe that's it's an actual real EVP - as this in the field is exactly what happens when you catch a real EVP - looks and sounds exactly the same. This effect is too strong to just play it off as a trick. The perfect example on the way this should be performed is the example ace face described - not to be performed as just another trick amongst your set.

Being an actual paranormal investigator evps are very real and not just a case of trying to make voices/words from white noise (because you can clearly hear the voices and responses). Believe what you want but until you conduct a real investigation using real equipment then you will see how real evps are, especially when interacting and getting intelligent responses.

The point is that evps are familiar and 'real' to the spectator so you have to or more should want to give a background on what evps are before leading into this. Step out of the magic performance and anyone into mentalism, bizarre etc will tell you the way to make this believable is that there has to be a plot and logic why something happens. The logic behind why the voice is on the phone is because you have just captured a 'real' EVP. SO if they look into the history of EVP etc they will know what they witnessed and experienced is 'real' because it's already out there and used as a technique when doing a real investigation as evidence. And that's why performing this needs a build up and an explanation - if you want to pass what has happened as real - and not a trick

On Mar 29, 2015, carlwag wrote:
Can this be performed while taking a video if people don't have a voice recorder on their phone.

Carl