Okay, last night we had a smokin’ hot party at the House of Blues to relaunch the new EM, and the grooves all night, the pulse behind the rockin’ party, was Carmen Rizzo. And he’s here with us now…

Carmen, what are you working on these days?

I just finished up a track with k.d. lang. i added aome of my sound, some strings, and we had a good time. Ijust finished an HBO show, called The Song Story, a documentary-style show with a record producer, me, finding three young people through You Tube and MySpace, and I produced the tracks. They’re looking to franchise it.

What have you seen at the show?

I was really impressed with the Gator cases. I have a luggage fetish and nobody pays attention to bags. M Audio (I’m on the cover of their new catalog) have some cool new products out.

You’re standing here with Intel. Last year on the producer’s panel, you said the most important piece of gear in your studio was your Intel Mac?

Now that I’ve been on my Intel Mac for a year, I can’t imagine working without it. I’m spoiled by the speed. I work both sides of the fence, and it’s pulled my studio together.

Anything else?

My new solo album is about to come out. Two other projects, Niyaz and Lal Meri, both on Six Degrees Records. Check ‘em out.