Freestyle Blogs

We are all shocked and in Mourning the death of a close personal friend and dance
industry Icon.

Sandra Casanas, known today as SANDY,Sandra Harvey or Freestyle artist SANDEE passed on over the weekend.

The service for SANDEE will be this Saturday at the Fred Hunter Funeral Home

6301 Taft St
Hollywood, Fl
954-989-1550

The time is being set up now, we’ll keep you posted on the time

 A memorial fund has been established to help with the cost of funeral arrangements.

YOU CAN MAKE A DEPOSIT TO SANDEE’S MEMORIAL FUND AT:

WACHOVIA ACCT # 1010221663273
IF SENDING A WIRE THE ROUTING NUMBER IS 063000021.

One of the sweetest and strongest persons known in the dance music community, Sandee formed part of the original 1983/1984 Lewis Martinee group X-Posed (later known as Expose, along side Lourie Miller and Ale Lorenzo) and had great success and influence in the early 80′s club scene and sound of electro syncopated dance beats and melodies that would define the Miami Latin dance sound known as Latin Freestyle or Latin pop/Miami Sound. “Exposd to love” ( which was never re-recorded with the second batch of vocalist) as well as “Point of No Return” and other numbers would trace out the blue print for the 3 girls and a drum machine groups that would follow in the club and pop world of Music.

From the later Cover Girls to the U.K’s Bananarama or Latin America’s Pandora. X-Posed (Pantera) would infuse the world with its sound and its underground new wave, punk rock meets inner city street fashions; that in many ways still influence todays younger hipster and altenative crowds.Sandee, being at the forefront.

When Expose later changed its memebers, Sandee moved on as a solo artist as did Ale (“I Want To Know”). She continued to work over the years with everyone from Lewis Martinee, Avy Gonzales, Clivilles & Cole and others. Her single “Your the one (Myheart beats for)” would single handedly define the live brass Miami sound of the late 80′s and quickly rise to the billboard charts. An anthem on Miami’s Power 96 and then dance music station Hot 105fm, Cali’s Power 106, NYC Hot 97 and serve as a dance floor scorcher at clubs like Club1235 (today’s Mansion in sobe) or New York’s Roseland, Redzone, Hearthrob and 1980′s Studio 54.

Her other anthems “Maybe Tonight” “Love Desire” and “Notice Me” would have the same impact on the dance and pop music community of the time and have her sign deals with everyone from Fever Records to Atlantic.

Today SANDEE has been one of few artist to FIRST come back to her Dance music roots (Freestyle), while practicing her ministries, and had a chance to inplant the spirit of artistry into a new generation of dance music purist. DJs, vocal artrist, promoters and then some.

In the HOUSE MUSIC world, she is still a figure in LATIN HOUSE and a figure in a transition period between the 80′s Era of Freestyle and Hi NRG and the 90′s era of House music. An icon in Dance Music in general and has had her CASA MIX of “Notice Me” SAMPLED BY ALMOST EVERY DJ IN PRODUCTION OR MIX SETS.

Sandee can be heard in everything from THE MIGHTY DUB CATS “MAGIC CARPET RIDE” to todays CUBE GUYS “TE QUIERO” under the Roger Sanchez umbrella.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family members and to all our friends, who like us, are in mourning. 

(info was grabbed from Jon Pito’s myspace bulletin and from Alyssa of Erotic Exotic’s bulletin on myspace)

Freestyle now has a home on prime time FM radio in New York City … and I play the best in NEW and classic freestyle.

Check it out on 91.9 FM every day from 4pm – 6pm in New York City for “The Freestyle Happy Hour with DJ Dan Ski“.

The station can be heard in all 5 boroughs, as well as parts of Long Island and Newark.

If you are not in the listening area, it will also be broadcast on LaRadioLive.com

Here’s the deal though …

My agreement with the station is that I will be on the air everyday from now until December 26th, from 4pm – 6pm.

To keep freestyle on the air in New York City,
WE NEED SPONSORS/ADVERTISERS to help cover all of the associated costs.

Each show sponsor would receive a VERY good ad package for a very reasonable price

Plus, all sponsors who get on board now will get free ads (“spots”) during all of my shows from now until December 26th.

All for a really great price. Dirt cheap actually.

Please call 206-984-3647 if you are interested in sponsoring the show, or e-mail me at danski@clubland.us

If you are a TRUE supporter of freestyle, and want to keep it on FM in New York … Repost this information.

I am putting alot on the line for this. No one is backing me, and I am doing it for the love of the music and seizing what I believe to be a good thing for the music/genre.

Everyone claims that the death of freestyle was due to FM radio dropping the format. Here is our chance to reclaim the airwaves. Do the right thing and support “the cause”.

Tell any businesses or clubs that you think would be interested in getting ad time on the show. Rates are VERY reasonable right now.

The station reaches over 400,000 listeners.

I say this stuff on the air, but here it is since I know that I talk fast (lol) 

My Freestyle Friends page: www.freestylefriends.com/djdanski

My myspace: www.myspace.com/djdanski

My request/shout out line
(it will record what you say and send it to me, 24 hours a day): 206-984-3647

My e-mail: pd@laradiolive.com 

Playlist for 12/15/0891.9 FM (WHUT) & LaRadioLive.com
Monday, 4pm – 6pm 

Clear Touch – Fallen Angel
Stefanie Bennett – Can U Stop The Rain 
www.myspace.com/stefaniebennettfreestyle

Ray Guell – In Your Eyes (www.myspace.com/destunerecords)
KC feat Sito – Sin Tu Amor (remix) www.myspace.com/freestylekc 
Rios Sisters – You
Sam Savon – My Heart Alone
Judy Torres – Hell No (Berrios remix) http://www.myspace.com/judytorresfans
LaMour – All I Want 

Lil Suzy/Alexia Phillips – Now and Forever
Nyasia – Physical Attraction (www.universalfreestyle.com)

Abby Lynn – No More Tears  www.micmacrecords.com
Monet – My Heart Gets All The Breaks
Sammy C – In Your Eyes www.myspace.com/sammycfreestylemusic
Donna Williams – Alabyes
Voyce – WIthin My Heart
Nas T Boys – Secret

Carlos Berrios feat K7 – The Jump Off (www.universalfreestyle.com)
Cherokee – Calling On Your Love
Body & Style – Listen to My Cries
Cynthia/Johnny O – Dreamboy/Dreamgirl 

Artie & Legit – How Can You (www.artieandlegit.com)
Jonelle – Fantasy (available on iTunes and Amazon.com or www.jonelleonline.com)Alizee – Fantasy Love
Edmond – Taught Me

Don’t forget to tell a friend about FREESTYLE HAPPY HOUR on 91.9 FM in New York City and heard worldwide on LaRadioLive.com

DJ Dan Ski

Playlist for 12/14/08
FREESTYLE HAPPY HOUR on 91.9 FM (NYC)
& LaRadioLive.com

Shonn Bonnett – Who Is She

George Lamond – Bad of the Heart

Samantha Gervasio – Since Your Gone

April – Someone to Hold

Lisette Melendez – Don’t Ever Say Goodbye (www.universalfreestyle.com)

Face – I’m Forever Yours (www.micmacrecords.com)

Jocelyn Enriquez – A Little Bit of Ecstacy

Benny Velez – Come Back To Me

Eye II Eye – Make It Last

First Class – My Sweet Rose

Noel – The Question

Jaidie – Answer My Cry

Artie & Legit – How Can You  (www.artieandlegit.com)

Pain – It Could Have Been Love  (www.painmusiconline.com)

Sammy Zone – Without You (www.universalfreestyle.com)

Cynthia – Change On Me

Jonelle – Unforgivable (www.jonelleonline.com)

Lil Suzy – Promise Me (http://www.myspace.com/lilsuzysparadise)

Coro – Where Are You Tonight

Emma Colado – Walking Away (http://www.universalfreestyle.com)

7th Heaven – Drums of Love

Stefanie Bennett – Don’t Let Me Go 2008 (http://myspace.com/stefaniebennettfreestyle)

Fascination – Remember

Trilogy – Latin Love

Free broadband for America has inched closer to reality: The plan, after two years of debate, is finally on the calendar for a full vote by the Federal Communications Commission.

Assuming the plan is approved at the FCC’s Dec. 18 meeting, one of the agency’s last before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, free broadband could become reality within a year.

First proposed in 2006, the plan calls for a chunk of airwaves called AWS-3 (now idle) to be used for wireless broadband across the USA. Under terms contemplated by the FCC, the winner of the AWS-3 auction would have to reserve at least 25% of network capacity for free broadband.

The winner would be allowed to charge for other services, including premium broadband that would offer faster speeds.

Assuming there are no last-minute snags, the AWS-3 auction will take place next year.

The FCC plans to impose several conditions. Among them: The winner will be required to launch free broadband with a filter that automatically blocks adult content. Users can remove the filter once they’ve confirmed that they are at least 18 years old.

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has championed the idea of free broadband. Martin is particularly concerned about rural areas, where dial-up and satellite-based Internet still rule. Dial-up isn’t fast enough to handle interactive fare, including video streaming. Satellite has the muscle, but broadband-strength speeds can cost $100 or more a month.

About 38% of rural households have broadband. In urban and suburban areas, where competition for customers can be fierce, the numbers are a lot higher, 57% and 60%, respectively. Martin says free broadband can help bridge the gap. “This initiative brings with it the promise of a free basic broadband service to hundreds of thousands of Americans who currently have limited or no access to the high-speed Internet,” Martin said in a statement prepared for USA TODAY.

Big wireless carriers, which stand to lose customers — and profits — if free broadband takes off, have criticized the FCC’s plan.

The harshest critic is T-Mobile. The carrier paid $4 billion two years ago to buy the spectrum that abuts the AWS-3 block. T-Mobile claims the FCC’s plan will cause service disruptions for its customers. The FCC disagrees.

Despite opposition from incumbents, the plan has a number of strong supporters. Chief among them is the company that dreamed up the idea initially, M2Z, a wireless start-up backed by Kleiner Perkins, the big Silicon Valley venture capital firm.

Milo Medin, M2Z’s co-founder and a broadband pioneer, says that in addition to being a big positive for consumers, the plan is consistent with Obama’s belief in the power of private-public partnerships. While free broadband alone won’t close the divide between digital haves and have nots, Medin says it’s a good start.