Check Out Regina Sala Martinez’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Regina Sala Martinez.

Hi Regina, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself. 
Since I was a little girl, I was an artist. I sat with my whole family to watch me dance, act, sing, and play instruments, and I knew from that age that my thing is to be on stage. I started drumming at a young age (6/7 years old), but over time, I became interested in more things like dance, art, cooking, soccer, swimming, athletics, among others; but in 2020 in pandemic, I went down to my music studio that I have in my house and sat down at the drum set to play, to remember everything. And with practice and time, I found myself in a zone where I was happy, I enjoyed it, I had fun, it got me out of emotional troubles, and with time and the passion I had for the drums, I realized that I wanted to leave my hometown to learn from the greats, go out to be known, play in places or events, produce, and most importantly enjoy the adventure. So, I decided to come to LA and applied to a music school. And that’s where the adventure began. April 1st, 2023, an adventure where I saw it as very romantic and colorful, but in reality, it was and still hard. Every day, I see this picture of me as a little girl that I have stuck to my mirror, and every day, I get up to fulfill and make their dreams come true. 

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Actually, no, it has not been a smooth road. First of all, I come from a family that loves music, so of course I have the support! And that’s a plus because where I come from (Saltillo, Coahuila, MX), to be a musician is to starve to death, and almost no one faces their parents to tell them what they are really passionate about or it’s frowned upon, so I’m very grateful for all the support from my family. School has definitely been a huge tsunami. The program I’m in is designed so that in 1 year you learn what you can learn in 10 years; the fleeting things are more intense, and every day became super overwhelmed. I stopped taking care of myself physically, mentally and emotionally. Because the industry is very competitive and you have to have a role in the show, otherwise you’re nobody. Despite the ups and downs that I went through, I learned a lot, I learned more than anything to value, believe and trust your talents and abilities; and people can be on a different level than you and you have to accept the process and path of your life and not compare yourself to others. 

And I also have narcolepsy type 1, and it has definitely been a burden in my life as an artist; it have very complicated classes and exams times like I had to guess all the quizzes and exercises because I listened to 30% of the class, and the other 70%, I’m sleeping or gave me blackout. But that’s another whole story; besides many of my teachers, family, and friends admire that, I take it lightly, and all the pain and disaster that I have gone through because of this condition, I have known how to get ahead and go to achieve my dreams. 

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I’m known as an extroverted person; I love meeting people, wherever there is music, I am happy, and I am fulfilled. My favorite hobbies are dancing, study psychology, in my free time, I’m also an entrepreneur and I love sports. But my main thing is DRUMS. When they ask me… what are you most proud of? I always say that everything; many people answer this question and talk about their achievements such as running an Ultraman or buying their own house on the beach or being on the big screen etc… of course, obviously you should be proud of that, you were able to achieve it, but a goal or a Success can come from since “I was able to finish reading a book in less than 1 month or I was able to get up to the gym 5 days a week or I was even able to cook a delicious dinner for my partner”… 

With small things, you can also feel satisfied and proud that you did them because your other self from one year ago or even one week ago wouldn’t have accomplished them. What I’m getting is that I, Regina Sala, feel proud that I had the opportunity to jump into the sea with sharks when I had never even swum in the open sea. That I came to LA to a school full of talent, full of competitive people, and I was able to deal with that because last year’s Regina wouldn’t have made it, and that question of… What are you most proud of? I think I would never finish answering it. 

I feel that what sets me from others is my attitude, my way of thinking, my mentality, my being, my soul, my authenticity, my image, my skills that I have created with consistency and organization, my talents, my way of being like a close friend, I have a very strong power to align my actions and thoughts to accomplish them the next day, I analyze people, and that helps me with the people I surround myself, I respect the limits of others if I like something I don’t waste time, I am adopted, and from the age of 13 I started to be independent, I had lived in Canada, Spain, and USA without my parents and people of my age struggle to be independent (I’m 19) and I think it is very essential if you want to go live alone to another country. 

Where do you see things going in the next 5-10 years?
I have always believed that if you dedicate yourself to something or study something specific you don’t have to be chained to that for the rest of your life, if along the way you are interested in more things, go for it, try, you don’t lose anything. So, I don’t really know what plans I will have over the next 5-10 years. I would love to have already played with great artists, gone on tour, recorded music or videos. All I want would be to be on stage, doing whatever, dancing, playing, taking photos, as a manager, as an assistant, even as a friend. I want to grow more in the industry of dance performance. I also think I would like to create my family outside of that industry, but there is still a long way to go for that… 

I would love to live in the present, in the moment, and if I come up with great opportunities to do things outside of the drums, of course, I would accept. 

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.bandmix.com/regsala04/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reggsala?igsh=MzY1NDJmNzMyNQ==
• Other: https://www.instagram.com/regina.salamtz?igsh=ZWI2YzEzYmMxYg==

Image Credits
Sofia López Benavides
Regina Sala