Hola, soy
De’Anza
I make music that sounds like a
Frida Kahlo painting.
I want to gift you my
CD Pachamama ☼
Just cover $5 for shipping and
I’ll send you a free copy
and a letter ☽
Click below to listen while you scroll ⬇️
So who ∆m I?
I’m a Mexican-American artist,
songwriter, producer, and
multi-instrumentalist
from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
I live in the in-between of two worlds ♒︎
where languages mix,
borders blur, and culture is both
inherited and reinvented.
The LA Weekly once called me,
“a confident figure on stage…
a force of nature behind the microphone.”
The OC Weekly said I was,
"Latin Alternative's New Leading Lady".
I've also been featured on CNN, NPR,
and ABC to name a few industry highlights.
Honestly, as amazing as it
felt to be recognized
by such huge publications,
it can’t compare to the beautiful messages
I’ve received from people like you.
People who have said my
music was their,"medicine".
A little more back story...
Once upon a time, I was living in the City of Angels—Los Angeles, California. Endless traffic, overcrowded streets, and the nonstop pace slowly wore me down. That was when I started to feel an intuitive call from the Mayan jungle. For years, I had dreamed of riding a beach cruiser along the turquoise Caribbean coast and spending my days songwriting—living a truly bohemian artist’s life. ☽
In 2020, the world slowed down, and I saw an opportunity to make that dream a reality.
So, I sold almost all my possessions, packed a suitcase, my white Stratocaster guitar, and a compact music-production backpack, and bought a one-way ticket to the Mexican Caribbean. ☼
I was finally living a bohemian life—the life I had dreamed of. I traveled like a gypsy through the Yucatán Peninsula, Central and Southern Mexico, and even Colombia for a while. I spent my time songwriting and honing the craft of music production. I’ll be honest: I was terrified and insecure about self -producing, but the desire for the freedom ☽ it would give me ultimately overcame my fears.
What you’ll hear on this CD are those songs—each one a chapter in a story of fear faced, love found and lost, pain and sorrow,
healing, joy, and countless smiles. ♒︎
Why am I doing this?
Honestly, I’d ask the same thing. I’m doing this for a few reasons. First and foremost, I want more people to hear this music—and if that means giving it away, I’m willing to do that. Lord knows I’ve spent a lot of money on publicists and radio promoters, which ultimately did very little to help me reach more fans. I’d rather go directly to you than through the traditional music industry.
I don’t have a record label, and quite frankly, I’m too rebellious to partner one. Too many artists are silenced or lose themselves by having a corporation who cares more about their quarterly earnings and shareholders than releasing great music. Dreams are broken while artists become merely tax write-offs. Many phenomenal artists will never be heard. ☽
This is my attempt to reach you—the people… el pueblo —without becoming part of the, “machine”. I want to share beautiful art in an often dark world.
If you cover $5 for shipping, I’ll send you my music.
Thank you for reading this ♒︎