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Latest
News.....
-My new album "Ornament of
an imposter" is now available on iTunes, Amazon (mp3) Napster,
EMusic, Rhapsody and most digital outlets. Physical cd's coming.
-10% of all record sales of my new
album will be donated to a different charity every month.
-Just got back from Full
Sail University in Orlando Florida where I was a guest speaker.
WOW, this place was amazing! The kids there have by far the best
facility for recording, film, digital arts and animation that I
have ever seen. Past places I have spoken at: USC,
UCLA, Berklee, Boston U, SFU, LA FIlm School, SAE, Musicians Institute.
NAMM, AES.
-I just finished a remix for Landon
Pigg of the song "Falling in love
at a coffee shop" for Sony/BMG.
--The
new Niyaz album "Nine Heavens"
is done! It really is a wonderful album. It comes out June 24th
2008 on Six Degrees Records.
-Starting April 11, the influential
radio station KEXP 90.3 FM from Seattle
will bring it's show to New York City Radio Liberation 91.5 FM and
will reach 14 million listeners. The show Mo Glo will daily from
midnight -1AM. of music. The show is a global world beat show. I
have been chosen to have a show once a month. My first show airs
April 11th.. Stay tuned for a show every month and I will start
to post the show's music with a free download.
--Lal
Meri, my new project with
friends Rosey & Ireesh, just signed
a record deal with Six Degrees records!
We're finishing the album now (myspace.com/lalmeri) The record is
scheduled for a Jan 2009 release. Were prepping for some upcoming
shows in LA this summer the big one July 18th at Grand Performance.
-I
heard the film I scored "The power of
the game" from acclaimed British director Michael
Apted. will be coming out
soon on Warner Home Video.
-K.D. Lang
vs. Carmen Rizzo... Just found out the song I co-producing
with K.D. Lang (Nonesuch) will surface soon.. They told me it's
too good for just a B Side, news to come.....
-I was fortunate to have been chosen
to be a part of the new KCRW billboard
campaign called "The faces of KCRW" where they will post
photos on busses & billboards across Los Angeles. Other faces
are Rodrigo y Gabriela, The Bird and the Bee’s
Inara George and Greg Kurstin, DJ Krush, Bitter:Sweet’s Shana
Halligan and Kiran Shahani, as well as Nic Harcourt, Jason
Bentley, and Morgan Rhodes. Very proud!
http://www.kcrw.com/about/billboards
-I finished filming a documentary
style music show for HBO called, "The
Song Story." It shows the journey of 3 unsigned artists and
their story creating the music and working with a record producer,
ME! I am SO excited about this show!!! Details to come... I think
it airs in late July..?
-April I have chosen the Starkey
Hearing Foundation (http://www.sotheworldmayhear.org/)
a hear institution as my charity to donate from my album. This is
a wonderful organization who helps people who have hearing loss
get hearing aids for free.
-I'm about to start a underground
project with Phillip Bailey of Earth WInd
& Fire. Imagine a more electronic version of Gnarls Barkley,
details to come....
-I
finally starting to compose music for a video game of Sony's called
The Agency with acclaimed composer
Gerard Marino. We're partnering up for about half of the
game's music.
-My bus sighting has now moved to
bus stops as well!... A few people now have actually seen my KCRW
add on the back of a buses in Los Angeles!!! I finally got some
pictures from friends (thank you) I have posted the pics on my photo's
section of my website
-First week out debuted at #13 on
the KCRW album chart an #37 iTunes
album electronic chart as well as featured!
-Keep an eye out for some remixes
of my new album. Contributions from Andy Gray,
Ramin from Supreme Being of Leisure and Chris Thomas.
-I just filmed for Bigshotlive.com
a CBS tv show on the web a talent search
type show. I am doing the music portion.
-Just
finished a remix for West Indian Girl-"To
die in LA," KCRW's music director
Nic Harcourt is already playing it.
-I am featured on Microsoft's
music website Crossfader.com You can
see the video interview at http://crossfader.com/
-Just found out that the
Azam Ali song "Endless Reverie" I produced and
co-wrote with Azam will make the new Buddha
Bar CD with a remix by Jason Bentley called the "Bentley
& Smitty Mix."
-I just finished a lecture tour
for M Audio/Digidesign, Avid & Microsoft.
I had lectures at Boston University
and Berklee
School Of Music,
New York (Millennium Hotel), San Francisco University & Los
Angeles film school . I really had a blast doing it.
-My
remix of Universal’s platinum selling band
Blue October -“X Amount Of Time”- is out now.
It appears on the band’s new album “Foiled For The Last
Time.” I love this remix! I posted it on my mp3 player.
-My
Hollywood Bowl show with
Paul Oakenfold & Underworld was
a blast! Minus soundcheck. (long story) I was very honored to be
a part of a very special night. Seeing Underworld was nearly life
changing, very inspiring!! 17,500 people!!
- I was fortunate this
year to compose the music for "The power of the game"
from acclaimed British director Michael
Apted. ("Coal Miner’s
Daughter,” "The world is not enough,” (James Bond
film) “Gorillas in the mist”) Michael is also currently
the president of the Director's Guild of America. The documentary
follows the road to the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The film goes
to Iran, South Africa, Europe, US & South America exploring
how soccer changes communities and cultures around the world, as
well as the struggle of qualifying. I also did the opening and closing
themes. The movie is fantastic! I
attended the
Tribeca Film festival
festival where it premiered and loved it.
-Barnes
& Noble's
"Sunday Music" is now out with my song "Easy way
out" featuring Jem. I did a wonderful
Sunday new mix of the song. Other artists on the CD are Norah
Jones, Jeff Buckley, Imogen Heap, Peter Gabriel,& Chris Martin.
Out now are the Carmen Rizzo "Lost art of the idle moment"
T-shirts. Tiffe Fermaint has designed some real cool T-Shirts. They
have the "destroyed" look and are tight fitted. Men’s
& Women’s sizes and cool different colors available. Available
from my web site.
-Just finished filming a new
TV show called Desert Island Music
where artists interview other artists who are friends of their's.
I had the pleasure to interview my dear friend, electronic artist
and film composer BT. We filmed at
my studio and interviewed each other about music. We had blast!
-My
feature interview with Electronic
Musician magazine (
on the cover) & Digidesign (Pro
Tools) , the worlds #1 music software, is out on line and the Digizine
Magazine and newsstands. Available now.
-Buddha
Bar 9 compilation CD is now
out with my song 'As the day breaks" featuring Grant
Lee Phillips.
-I did the music for the Current
TV (Google/Al Gore) "Save the earth" campaign (July
7th) that AL Gore hosted.
Composed all 15 pieces of music for the contest to be judged
by George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Al Gore,
to mention a few.
-I was recently filmed for a
music documentary called Map the Music. Map
The Music is a documentary feature film about music focusing
on what music means to people. The project attempts to explain how
music helps us survive in not only difficult times, but in everyday
life. We will have a nice balance of fan and artist interviews and
backstage, studio, and live performance footage. Some of the artists
featured are Imogen Heap, Kate Havnevik, Charlotte
Martin, and Zoe Keating. There are also interviews with various
music producers such as Guy Sigsworth and
myself, as well as DJs like Nic Harcourt of KCRW. A very
emotional, honest, and exciting piece - Map the Music is sure to
find its way into the hearts of all who see it.
- The Greenpeace
song is now out on iTunes and other
digital stores. It is the Dave
Stewart (Eurythmics)
written song written for
Greenpeace.
It's a sort of 'We are the world" style song featuring Sarah
Mclaughlin, Annie Lennox, Imogen Heap, and Natalie Imbruglia
to mention a few.
My remix version is "Electro world beat," and features
artists from all over the world, from Toumany
Kouyate (Senegal) of
The Cirque Du Soil,
Kate Havnevik (Norway), Joanna Stevens(UK), Dimitris Mahlis (Greece),
Satnam Ramgotra (India/Canada) & Jamie Muhoberac (USA).
-I mixed the Roseland project, a
side project of film composer Tyler
Bates (300 composer) & Azam Ali.
-I
have a special mix I did of "Bring it back to me" featuring
Kate Havnevik for the new Calming
Park 5 CD
from Zurich-based music designer and journalist Olivier Rohrbach.
A very cool compilation! (iTunes and Universal Europe)
-Out
now is electronic artist Jes
Brieden from the famed group
Motorcycle ("As
the rush comes") and Tiesto. I
mixed half the album.
-Niyaz
vs. The Cure. We (Niyaz) did a cover
song for the Six Degrees record's 10 year compilation album. We
chose The Cure's "Love Song". Very lush and dubby!-
Kate
Havnevik's solo project called Melankton,
which I was lucky to help her with mixing, programming & production,
is out. Our song "Travel in time" is featured... A really
brilliant album!
-The
Rachel Fuller
Ep I produced with her & Pete Townsend
(The Who) is now available in iTunes
& Barnes & Noble.
Super
composer
Eric Whitacre and
I finished working on his "Paradise
Lost" project. It has the Opera vocal from the amazing
Hilla Pilltman who
also did all the opera voices on the Di Vinci Code movie.
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The
Azam Ali record
I produced with her, "Elysium for the Brave" (Six Degrees),
is now out. It debuted #1 on iTunes Canada electronic music chart,
#4 UK chart, and #9 US electronic music chart! I also co-wrote the
single "Endless Reverie."
-Carmen
Rizzo- album - Highlights:
My
solo record, Carmen Rizzo "The lost art of the idle moment,"
is on The Lab records distributed through Universal. Many thanks
to tastemaker radio station KCRW who championed the album even before
I had a deal and continue to play it. My album features collaborations
from Jem, Esthero, Alpha, Grant Lee
Phillips, LadyBug Mecca (from Digable Planets) Kate Havnevik, Thomas
Heinreich & Dierdre Dubios.
-USA
Today #1 pick in its fall music guide 2005
which had my picture on the cover.
-Debuted
#2 on Los Angeles tastemaker radio
station KCRW's album
chart led by Nic Hartcourt, Jason Bentley & Ann Litt.
-Peaked as high as #2
on Satellite radio XM
Café chart (Charting above Fiona
Apple, Kate Bush & Death Cab for Cutie)
-Heavy rotation on Satellite radio
SIRIUS Chill
station.
-Film & TV sync’s included: The
OC (Fox), Windfall (NBC),
and Commander in Chief (ABC).
-Featured spotlight on Current
TV (owned by Al Gore & Goggle).
-Featured on United
Airlines music channel on all worldwide
flights.
-Chosen to be on Virgin
Mega store’s Virgin Staff Favorites
CD sold worldwide.
-Featured as a free download on AOL.com
music home page as well as Abercrombie
& Fitch....
-Reviewed by Billboard,
CMJ, BPM, URB, Remix, Keyboard and
featured in Italian Vogue & Bolero
Germany.
-KCRW
monthly newsletter for September 2005, Jason
Bentley's (Metropolis show) has picked my solo record in his top
3 pick.
My song "Easy way out" appeared as a B-Side on the single
"Wish I" for the UK Platinum artist Jem.
-Niyaz- Highlights:
-Niyaz is my project with Azam Ali & Loga
Ramin. "The Niyaz vibe is an alluring combination of medieval
Persian & Indian exoticism & beats that are state of the
art" - Billboard Magazine.
-Our Six Degree's release debuted #1 on iTunes World music chart
in May of 2005
-We are featured on NPR's Day to Day & PRI and Voice of America.
-We have toured India, Japan, France, Turkey, Canada, Spain and
US.
-Recently I did a feature interview with Niyaz for KCET ( PBS TV
station) with tastemaker host Tom Schnabel for their coming special,
"California Stories." http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/california-stories/global-sounds/
-The Niyaz remix ep (six degrees records) debuted at #18 on the
iTunes electronic music chart. The album contains remixes from Junkie
XL, Andy Gray, Midieval Punditz and myself. The album was also #13
on their year end best of World Music chart for 2005, which debuted
#1 when it came out in April 2005 on the World Music chart.
-Armin Van Buuren - Asot On The Beach 2006 "A state of Trance"
JXL "Dilruba" mix has made it on his new compilation.
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LIVE PERFORMANCE:
Carmen
Rizzo Shows -
The Parish Room
214 East 6th Street
Austin, Texas 78701 11pm
more
coming soon, stay tuned....
Lal
Meri shows:
-Jun5
8pm -Elevate Lounge 811 Wilshire LA, CA 90017 (This will be a benefit
show for the Grand Performance folks) I will also do a DJ set as
well.
-July
18 Grand Performance, Los Angeles, CA 8pm w/ The Real Tuesday Weld
-August
15th Grand Performance, Los Angeles, CA Noon series 12 pm
Niyaz Shows-
Past concerts include, India, Tokyo, Spain,
France,Turkey, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, NYC, and Washington
DC, to mention a few.
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GRAMMY
Accomplishments:
Being on the Los Angeles chapter board of Governors for the Grammy's
4 years now and serving 2 years on the National Board of Trustees,
I choose not to run again. Still on the advisory board for the Producer
& Engineers wing, I am very proud for all I accomplished for
NARAS. I am perhaps most proud
of spearheading a new Grammy album category for 'best electronic
album" with the help of BT, Leslie Lewis, Jason Bentley &
Ken Jordan. I am happy to say it passed and went into effect in
2004!
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MY
STUDIO:
High
above Hollywood & Vine street in Hollywood, California and overlooking
the famous “Hollywood Sign” rests “Suite 775”
the music studio of Carmen Rizzo. The vibe loft type space furnished
with Indian & Indonesian furniture has served a home to many
albums and musicians since 1999 ranging from Alanis Morrisette,
Chris Martin (Coldplay), Paul Oakenfold, Grant Lee Phillips, Billy
Corgan, Nelly Furtado, Esthero and Pete Townsend of The Who.
Equipped with the best in modern technologies ranging from Pro Tools
TDM/ HD and computers everywhere (Apple & Dell) loaded with
the latest software, to vintage keyboards, drum machines and a vintage
Wurlitzer electric piano. This is a perfect environment to create
music.
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Links
to my favorites:
www.digidesign.com
www.m-audio.com
www.intel.com
www.apple.com
www.dell.com
www.cakewalk.com
www.ikmultimedia.com
www.howaudio.com
www.gforce.com
www.tannoy.com
www.nativeinstraments.com
www.korg.com
www.ultrsone.com
www.audiotechnica.com
www.camelaudio.com
www.cad.com
www.currenttv.com
www.niyazmusic.com
http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com
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