Alex Rigopulos, CEO of Rock Band creator Harmonix, joined us at the Wired Store in New York City Friday for a chat about music games, the history of the company, and how games are changing the music biz.

We'll have a video of the hour-long event up next week, but for the time being, here are some of the tidbits of news and new information that came out of our discussion.

As Silicon Alley Insider reported following the event, Rigopulos spoke a bit about the possibility of Harmonix making a move into iPhone software, and what sort of game it would do if it chose to.

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New York City readers: Love Rock Band and music games? Then you'll want to be at the Wired Store when it opens later this week.

On Friday evening, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos will join Wired's me on stage for Games: The Future of Music, a talk about the rise of music games, where they've been, where they're going. We'll hold an audience Q&A, too, so you'll get to ask him your own burning questions, like when are they going to add some Spinal Tap anyway.

The event will run from 7-8 PM that evening at the Wired Store, at 15 West 18th St. You can and should RSVP.

Keep an eye on that official home page for word of more Wired Store events. Chris Baker is scheduled to be there on December 4 to chat with LittleBigPlanet maker Media Molecule, to name one highly relevant example.