Today we’d like to introduce you to Décima.
Décima, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
I might sound super basic, but I remember wanting to sing since I was three years old. My parents got me a Playskool mini boom box in which I could record onto a tap with a mic. I would record myself “singing” all the time. I was always surrounded by music growing up. My parents would listen to it all the time and they made it look fun to listen to music. I also have an uncle who is a musician. I grew up watching my uncle play bass guitar and I would love how in the zone he got. I could feel his passion for it and how easy it was for him to play with his eyes closed, plus he would sing. I think that is what got me hooked.
So, through my life growing up, I would find any excuse to sing in front of people. In school, I joined theatre, band, and choir. I kept that going from third grade till college. Always finding any reason to explore it. I am horrible at commitments, but music is one big commitment I have stuck to since I was three. That is a 22-year-old commitment. This is not to say it has been easy; it hasn’t been easy. There are obvious struggles and struggles you didn’t see coming, but I am constantly being challenged, and that is why I keep moving forward.
We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
I am a musician. I sing and perform. I don’t produce, but I am in the room with the producers when we make the music from scratch. I have a specific way of creating a song. The most important thing to me is that we avoid references. I do that because it forces me to think and create from the very beginning.
When I perform, I don’t want to just perform songs one after the other. I like to entertain and keep people on their toes or hypnotized. I used to think there was something wrong with me because I would want the crowd to be dancing when I would be performing, but they would just stand there and stare at me; it was intimidating. Later, I realized that I needed to embrace their stares and that maybe I was created to make people stop and stare.
I hope people take individuality, confidence, and fearless out of my art. My choice of art and how I express it is completely up to me. I do what I want to do and what I feel without being concerned about how society will take it. I actually get excited to see how society reacts to my way of thinking and what they feel about it. I guess I like to make people uncomfortable and explore something new.
Have things improved for artists? What should cities do to empower artists?
I think becoming an artist has gotten easier thanks to technology and companies that make it easy to put your music online. But, it is because of that, that competition is higher than ever before, at least in my eyes. Nowadays, you don’t know what is going to help you make it or break it.
Cities like mine (Chicago) can be more supportive towards local acts. We get over saturated through the media about the same artists over and over again. So, just going to your local venue or bar and checking out live music helps. Most importantly, giving feedback to those artists about how they can improve and sharing their music definitely helps!
Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
The best quickest link to use is this one to get everything:
https://linktr.ee/itsdecima
You can find my social media, music, and merch with that link. (:
Contact Info:
- Website: www.itsdecima.com
- Email: decima.mgmt@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsdecima/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itsdecima/
- Other: https://linktr.ee/itsdecima
Image Credit:
Martin Huizar
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