Sound Travels LIVE - an interview with Fly Lady Di
Join Trust The Process Press for a special edition of Afro Brasilica on Thursday, June 25.
Trust The Process Press co-founder, Ola Mazzuca, will host a live episode of her podcast, Sound Travels (produced by her platform, Sonic Fold), featuring Toronto born-and-raised multidisciplinary artist, Fly Lady Di (Diana Reyes).
Ola and Diana will get into the music that has shaped her life, career and understanding of what it means to be ‘in community’ with self and others. We will listen to the songs that soundtracked this journey and delve into the elements that form authentic intention and purpose.
Stick around for a DJ set by olasconola and That Dude From Lupinore, spinning everything from R&B to Soca and other surprises in between!
Thursday, June 25
Doors: 7:00 pm
Live Interview: 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Music: 9:00 pm -11:00 pm
Entry: PWYC - reserve your spot via the link.
About Fly Lady Di:
Toronto born multi-disciplinary artist Diana Reyes also known as Fly Lady Di has DJ'd for elite brands and venues including Dior, Red Bull, Toronto Maple Leafs, eBay, Twitter, Jay Z's D'Usse Cognac, Rihanna's FENTY Beauty, SOHO House, ROM, AGO and Just For Laughs – to name a few. As a dancer, her credits include the film Honey (2003), Fall Out Boy's Dance Dance video as well as Jason Derulo, Ciara, the Clipse with Pharell, BlackSTREET and many more. Diana has been featured on eTalk, CP24, CBC's The National, The Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Chatelaine Magazine, Toronto Life, Dance Current amongst other media. She divides her time between Montreal and Toronto. Visit www.flyladydi.com for more info.
About Ola Mazzuca:
Ola Mazzuca is a creative communications professional that blends intentional strategies with limitless ideas. With nearly 20 years of experience, her roots as a multimedia journalist merge a community-driven approach with a passion for music, art, culture, and people. Through OM Media, she offers consulting, project management, public relations, event & media production, and curatorial services. Alongside Rhandy Adolphe, she is the co-founder of Trust The Process Press, an independent print matter project and DJ duo.
About Sonic Fold:
Sonic Fold is a platform driven by collaboration, diversity and the intention to cultivate meaningful connections within communities - locally and globally - through audible expression. Founded by journalist, music industry professional and DJ, Ola Mazzuca, Sonic Fold offers an array of media & event production services. Its primary podcast, The Fold, engages listeners with innovative, progressive change-makers from Toronto and around the world. Here, they share their unique stories, and how they have been able to accomplish personal growth and cultivate community - in every sense of the word. Sound Travels is its sibling series about people and their relationship with music (specifically, vinyl records) and the songs that have shaped their understanding of self, others and life as a whole, to create a signature understanding of community.
About Trust The Process Press:
Trust The Process Press (TTPP) is an independent print matter project by Ola Mazzuca and Rhandy Adolphe. The creative imprint is an extension of Ola’s multimedia journalism platform, Sonic Fold, and Rhandy’s artistic identity as SAMBARanthony. Both combine and express their mutual passion for the arts, community building and exploring new places. TTPP is a means for them to share these ideas and experiences alongside readers near and far. Their zine, MiBoSo, lives in bookstores and third spaces in Toronto, Miami and New York. Both journalists by trade, as a DJ duo, they take pride in being thoughtful curators and selectors of international music that sparks conversation and curiosity — sounds that foster connection and collaboration, honour heritage, while fueling movement.