Tomas Costanza

Tomas Costanza (born September 2, 1976) is a certified-platinum American record producer/songwriter and owner of the Killingsworth Recording Company.Tomas Costanza MobFest Panelist Biography
. 2011. Born in Massapequa, New York, he was first noted in the music industry as the lead singer and guitarist for the band Diffuser.PunkNews.Org Diffuser Review
2001 In addition to being signed to Hollywood Records in 2000,Hollywood Records Official Site
/ref> several of the band's songs were featured on major motion picture soundtracks including ''Freaky Friday'', ''Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'', ''Mean Girls'' and '' Mission: Impossible 2''. As a record producer, Costanza has worked with artists such as Macklemore, Boys Like Girls, Darren Criss, Rachel Platten, 2 Chainz, Icona PopThis is Hell Recording Updates with Producer Tomas Costanza
2010. and Trixie Mattel.Katie Waissel News on Digital Spy
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Life and career

Childhood and Youth

Costanza was born and raised in North Massapequa, New York. His father was a New York City police officer and his mother a school bus driver for the local middle school. While in his pre-teens, Costanza discovered the liberating bombast of hard rock, listening to bands like Van Halen and Black Sabbath while also becoming infatuated with the musical styles of Michael Jackson and The Bee Gees. At the age of 10, he began teaching himself guitar and bass. Costanza explains, "When I first heard Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It", I knew I wanted to be a rock star."

Career Beginnings and Diffuser

Costanza attended the High School of the Performing Arts to study classical composition with professors from the Juilliard School. He later attended Berklee College of Music but dropped out to pursue a career as a recording artist. In 1998, Costanza founded the band Flu ThirteenFlu Thirteen album at CD Universe
/ref> which later became Diffuser. Hollywood Records signed the band in 2000 and released two critically acclaimed LP recordings including ''Injury Loves Melody'' (2001)''Injury Loves Melody''
Diffuser album at AllMusic. 2003. and ''Making the Grade'' (2003).
at CD Universe In 2010, ''Alternative Press'' magazine cited Diffuser as "One of the Top 22 most influential and underrated bands of 2000s."''Alternative Press'' Interview
Issue 228. 2007.

Diffuser disbanded in 2003 to pursue other musical interests. Due to overwhelming support from a small but loyal following, Diffuser re-united in fall of 2007 to release their third studio album, ''Sincerely, Wasting Away''.''Sincerely, Wasting Away''
New Music album review The band still plays shows on occasion.

Artist & Repertoire (Disney/Universal)

In 2003, Costanza was hired by Bob Cavallo
/ref> to work A&R under Jason JordanSonic Scoop article
February 2010 for Hollywood Records. He also signed a publishing deal with Seven Peaks/Disney"Disney Music Group during the same time period. In 2007, he became Head of A&R for Chamberlain RecordsChamberlain Records Official Diffuser Website
/ref> (Universal) where he produced artists such as Cold Forty Three,Cold Forty Three Official Website
/ref> The Anix,The Anix Official Website
/ref> Brianna Taylor, Brianna Taylor and Katie Waissel.Katie Waissel YouTube Channel
/ref> In 2005, Costanza was noted in ''Blender'' magazine''Blender'' magazine Official Website
/ref> as saying, "I'm not chasing after what's current. The music I sign has to be compelling and two steps ahead of the curve. I always hope people will like the artists I work with, but at the end of the day, I'm the one that has to love it."

Producing, Songwriting, and Recognition

Costanza established the Killingsworth Recording Company in 2003.Killingsworth Recording Company Official Website
/ref>"Tomas Costanza Named Head A&R of Killingsworth"
All Access News 2006. Beginning with a facility in New York, he expanded to Los Angeles in 2008.Studio Architect. Recording Studio Designer
2008. In January 2009, Costanza was recruited by Academy Award-winning music supervisor Richard Glasser ('' The Illusionist'', '' Crash'', '' Revolutionary Road'') to write for his film and TV placement company.

In 2013, Killingsworth Recording Company partnered with music licensing company Pulse/Hitcher Music and Imagem International to create custom music catalogs for film and TV. Killingsworth has scored music for networks such as Comedy Central, Disney Animation Studios, Viceland, the CBS Dream Team and TV shows such as '' Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin'', ''Huang's World'', '' Hood Adjacent with James Davis'', The Academy Awards, ''American Horror Story'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', The Henry Ford Innovation Nation, ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and ''How to Get Away with Murder''.

Since 2014, Costanza has co-written and produced twelve ''Billboard'' #1 albums and licensed over 1000 song placements. Select placements include Apple, Galaxy, Ford, Google, Amazon, Target, as well as NBC, ABC, HBO, Showtime, Marvel, and ''Call of Duty''.

He is currently working on a Broadway musical entitled ''DRAG: The Musical''.

Songwriting credits

Songwriting credits include soundtracks such as '' Mission: Impossible 2'', ''Freaky Friday'', ''Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'', ''Summer Catch'', ''The Nut Job'' and ''Zootopia'' which have collectively sold over 4.2 million copies worldwide R.I.A.A. Costanza also wrote and produced theme songs for Live with Kelly and Ryan, Viceland, YouTube, ABC, CBS and Disney as well as songs for ''The Good Wife'', American Horror Story, ''The View'', ''The Academy Awards'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''True Blood'', ''Ugly Betty'' and ''Dexter''.

References

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Record producers from New York (state)
Living people
1974 births
People from North Massapequa, New York