Candice Night answers our interview about Holdays and 2008 stuff

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Candice Night answers our interview about Holdays and 2008 stuff

For the Holidays:
1. What do you need for Xmas?
CN- Its never material things, I am lucky enough to be surrounded 
by a loving family, friends and cats so each day I am thankful for 
the blessings I have as you don’t know how long you will have them 
for. So my need for Christmas is for others. For those who have no 
bed to sleep on, no food to eat, no peace in their lives. I wish 
for them what they need throughout the year.

2. What are your party plans for News Years Eve? Going anywhere 
special?
CN- We just returned from a trip to Germany. It was partially a 
work trip as we had performances to do on their Christmas tv 
shows, but we turned the remaining days into a partial vacation, 
by travelling with friends who had never been there and we all 
went through the Christmas markets of Rothenburg- an amazing 
medieval city-, Chemnitz’s medieval Christmas market, and 
Nurenburg. We drank the hot spiced wine, walked along the 
cobblestone streets and the air smelled like gingerbread. Then we 
took some days off in a castle called Schloss Rabenstein and 
invited our closest fans and street team members for a private 
intimate concert that lasted till 6am. Now that we’re home we have 
our annual Holiday party which takes a few days to recover from 
and includes inviting everyone into our home to celebrate, and 
then Christmas day will be spent with just a handful of close 
friends and relatives- a big dinner and finish it all up by 
roasting chestnuts on the fire and singing songs together. The 
real spirit of the season.

3. What are your New Years Resolutions?
CN- Each year I promise myself that I will take time for me. Even 
if its just 1/2 hr of walking through the woods. But I usually 
get so bogged down by doing things for others that its hard to 
keep that resolution. I have a tendency to place the needs of 
others before myself, whether its our work, charity work, home 
life…but in retrospect- although its exhausting, I suppose its 
a good thing because I get to help others.

For 2008:
1. Any new tours or album details we should know about?
CN- We just released our cd/dvd box set Paris Moon which is in a 
beautiful old world style box and shows the band at our 1st gig in 
France in 10 years. We shot a video for Village Lanterne which is 
only available right now on the internet and involved me being 
submerged in a tank of water for about 6 hours! As well as band 
shots at a beautiful 12th century castle. Winter Carols is being 
rereleased for the holiday season and just entered in at #1 on the 
NAR charts. And we have 5 songs recorded for the new album which 
will be released summer of next year, 2008. We’ll start touring in 
the Spring and the circle begins again!

2. How will your band change over the next year? Any different 
outlook?
CN- Our outlooks always tend to reflect where we are at the moment 
so its hard to assume what your outlook or direction will be in a 
few months time. We are in the process of looking for a bass 
player/rhythm guitarist so the line up of the band will change 
slightly. But the heart and soul of Blackmore’s Night always stays 
true to itself. And the more the band tours the more in synch we 
all are. Because we are all such close friends and the 
musicianship is excellent we have a great time on stage and off 
wherever we are.

3. What do you think illegal music downloaders should know about 
for 2008? How is it directly affecting you as an artist? If you 
could do something about it, what would it be?
CN-Our music is not usually spread through the normal channels 
like radio or MTV so we dont usually get effected by these things 
as much as the bands who get radio play all the time and rely on 
the usual way to buy music gets effected. Even though the “normal” 
channels are so corrupted these days anyway its hard for anyone 
who doesn’t have major Sony backing to be heard on radio. I love 
the itunes idea that you pay per song- and its $.99 which is 
affordable for everyone. If something is to be done, there should 
be a geek squad that is hired by the major record lables who have 
the funds to have a whole division of people monitoring the 
illegal sites that impose viruses on the individual songs when 
they are downloaded illegally. That would deter people from doing 
illegal downloads for the fear of the virus that they may obtain. 
The music world is going through a hard time right now in a lot of 
different ways. Somethings going to have to change soon.

4. Out of all the positive things that the Internet can do for 
you as an artist, what has it been?
CN- Break down the walls that have kept “different” music out. The 
internet is so vast that it is so easy to have your music on sites 
so anyone can hear, if they are looking for it. A few years ago, 
if you weren’t on the radio or on the tv you would not get heard 
period. It made those mediums all important and almost impossible 
to get on if you didn’t have millions of dollars behind you. But 
it got so corrupt that MTV doesn’t even play music anymore and no 
ones listening to the radio because its always the same 5 bands 
being pushed hundreds of times a day for a month- then the next 5 
fashionable bands gets pushed and so on. It really has nothing to 
do with talent or music and there is no variety at all. Most of 
the people I know don’t even listen to the radio anymore. But now 
with the internet it evens the playing field. It gives everyone a 
forum.

5. Are you more optimistic or pessimistic for 2008 compared to 2007?
CN- In what way? Musically? Personally? Politcally?  I think you 
have to be optimistic each day and always try to be the change you 
want to see in the world. If you don’t- you just become one of 
those people who complain about everything at the breakfast table- 
but the change never makes it out into the world. I try to be 
optimistic- I get hurt, I get angry, I get let down, but I get 
back up again and fight the good fight on the side of right each 
day. If everyone does a little bit of that- the change begins in 
your home and then spreads to your neighborhood, then onto the 
town and the city. I have hopes and dreams and beliefs that the 
good changes will spread the more people are trying to make them 
happen. I see things realistically but believe in good and change 
for the future for us all.

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