Auf GetReadyToRock.Com habe ich folgendes Interview gefunden - vielleicht interessiert es euch ja:
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1. What are you currently up to?
Candice: We just finished the US tour; had a worldwide release of our romantic compilation of songs called Beyond the Sunset; released a Best of Blackmore's Night compilation called All For One in Japan and are preparing for our tour of Japan which we will be leaving for next week.
We're also planning to come back to territories in Europe to promote our Christmas songs which are included in Beyond The Sunset as a bonus surprise for the fans and we're preparing for our DVD release for January 2005. And, of course, we're always writing. There is a lot going on!
2. How did you chose the track listing for `Beyond The Sunset' and what are your personal highlights?
Candice - We had so many fans writing in and telling us that they were getting married in Renaissance style to our music that we took the songs that all those people said were their wedding songs and put it together to create the ultimate fantasy/renaissance wedding album. Or maybe just a CD to dream to... I think my personal favorite is the new song "Once In A Million Years" which sounds just like a fairy tale to me.
Ritchie - I'm quite pleased with the way the enclosed DVD came out. Its just a few tracks done in one of our favorite castles, Schloss Burg in Solingen Germany, and even though its 2 years old at this point, its a lead in to the new footage that was just taken that will be released in 5.1 in January. I think the visual was captured well and the sound quality is excellent.
3. Candice : How did you meet up with Ritchie and how did the idea for Blackmore's Night evolve?
Candice - We met on a soccer field when I was working for a radio station and he was in Deep Purple. There was a charity match set up and I went to cheer my team on. But Ritchie's been playing for years and he stocked his team with ringers, whereas my team was made up by unathletic DJ's so we lost is a big way!
But I went over to congratulate him on the win and ask for an autograph after the show. He asked me to meet him later at a bar and we talked all night. We had so much in common that it was like talking to an old friend - an immediate connection. That was in 1989. We became friends and kept in touch and in 1991 I moved in with him.
In 1993 I went on the road with him on the Battle Rages On tour with DP. At that point he asked me to sing background vocals over his Difficult To Cure part beginning in Czechoslovakia. In 1995 he started writing with Rainbow and they were having a hard time coming up with lyrics. So he'd call me at home and play the backing tracks over the phone to me and I'd come up with a lot of verses for them to use. They'd choose their favorites and be able to complete the song. That's how our co-writing began on songs like Wolf to The Moon and Ariel.
Then while the band was doing their tracks, Ritchie would be playing the acoustic guitar in front of the fireplace and we started writing songs together. We played them for friends at our parties and they were so supportive and liked the new music so much that they convinced us to put it out for the rest of the world. Now we have so many people on this new path with us its been an amazing journey! But the whole process was a very natural evaluation.
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