Crash the Machine Heads to Hollywood!

Just before the Holidays, Crash the Machine got the break it has been looking for. Through an interesting twist of fate, the band's music ended up in the hands of NY and LA producer, Tomas Costanza. Tomas has been called one of the top 10 up and coming producers in the nation by industry publications. There was an instant connection between the band and Tomas on what we could do together to create an album that would really make its mark with listeners and within the music industry, something that moves the band's recordings forward from Indie status to being on par with a major label release.

In early January the band wrote two new songs and finalized the track selection for the upcoming album. We then completed the pre-production work for the album this past weekend here in Sacramento with Tomas and his assistant producer. Pre-production is the excrutiating process of dialing in the structure of the songs and the various parts so that the recording process can focus on capturing the performance and creating a world class sound.

The band is now rehearsing fanatically the 10 tracks to prepare for the recording sessions. Crash the Machine will be recording our next album in the NoHo arts district of Hollywood this March 4th through 15th in a studio that has played home to many huge artists and bands. This is an unbelievable opportunity and the break we needed -- so needless to say, we are all stoked!

Why is this such a big deal for us?

Check out Tomas' credentials below:
Tomas Costanza graduated from The High School of the Performing Arts, attended Berklee College of Music and studied with professors from The Juilliard School since the age of 15. In 1996 Tomas founded the rock band DIFFUSER and in 2000 signed a major-label recording contract with Hollywood Records.Their first CD "Injury Loves Melody" spawned a Top 20 Modern Rock hit entitled "KARMA" while the second CD "Making the Grade" broke the Hot 100 chart with a song called "I Wonder". After touring the world with bands such as SIMPLE PLAN, HOOBASTANK, THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS, GOOD CHARLOTTE, THE TOADIES, LIFEHOUSE, SEVENDUST and FALL OUT BOY, the group disbanded in 2004.

Tomas honed his production skills by working alongside acclaimed producers Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Eve 6), Mark Trombino (Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World, Finch) and Steve Albini (Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, P.J. Harvey).
He has songwriting credits on soundtracks such as Mission Impossible: 2, Freaky Friday, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Summer Catch and Zathura which have collectively sold over 4.2 million copies.

Tomas is also the Founder and Head Producer/Writer of Bozang Incorporated, Sr. V.P of Killingsworth/Beverly Martel Music, songwriter for Seven Peaks Music/Walt Disney Co. and a key lecturer at Five Towns College of Music (Dix Hills, NY) and Nassau Community College (Uniondale, NY).

Pretty cool, huh?

Make sure you sign up for our blog because we will be giving you updates on the entire experience as we live it. You can also help us out by buying our merchandise to help fund this effort -- go to www.cafepress.com/ctmshop today. You will see what we came up with for a theme as we go through this process... just think of it as one of those puzzles underneath a Lucky Lager bottle cap and you'll get what it is ;-)

Strap yourself in and join us on this ride!

We'll be talking with you soon,

Jon, Brian, Craig and Eric
Crash the Machine