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Take a Hikey, Mikey
The real Dan Millican loves the fact that you know so much about me. Thanks for the support! The real Dan Millican wants to know why your heart is so full of hate? Everyone is a critic— March 16, 2012 5:28 p.m.
Take a Hikey, Mikey
the real dan millican loves you. Keep Santee classy.— March 16, 2012 5:22 p.m.
Take a Hikey, Mikey
OK, so obviously someone has used my name and is slandering me. This is the REAL dan millican. the same guy that was in stone senses and sunny rude(which has nothing to do with this blog posts or article) I was notified today by ken, who should know by now the level of professionalism that i use. With that being said, whoever is talking shit about me can stop. you are stupid and immature. Do you really think i would use my real name and talk about doing coke? the fact that people actually believe that i would type something so incompetent, damaging to both myslef and others,and slanderous is laughable in its own right. I have neither read the article, or the bulk of the responses, because, quite frankly, this topic has little interest. In kens words "if it mattered, i'd react" What does matter is that someone is parading around as me. I appreciate the flattery and all, but if you can't be man enough to talk shit to me face to face, and you think that some local entertainment guide is the best way to talk trash, then you are pathetic. See you at our shows coming up St. Patty's day at hennesseys carlsbad. PS: you guys are really stupid. do you really think i would talk about drugs and leave my number. you are all dumbasses.— March 16, 2012 3:46 p.m.
Not Neighborzly
if you read your comment after this unknown persons post you will see you actually do say you wrote the bass lines, which was the prompt for me to write this. I did write a lot of chord progressions in stone senses, which they still use today. The fact of the matter, for me, is credit should be given on both sides of the fence. There is no doubt that the three of you contributed to these three songs. You know as well as I do that Piers helped you form these songs in both bands, and erik had a hand in creating the vocals. Obviously what hand each of you had in this is where the discrepency is. For me its simple: give both bands credit for 3 songs, shake hands and call it a day. Neither side has been able to do this so this is where the conflict arises. Ive never had any problems with you, yet the feeling of disrespect has always been there. Like i told the guys "chill the eff out and move on" these songs are just a small part of our catalog now, as i assume is for you. to me we have better, harder hitting, face melting songs other than those three. we have moved on musically as a band, and i hope you guys have to— October 17, 2011 4:49 p.m.
Not Neighborzly
As for this article, only 2 people should be ashamed of themselves. Ken did a good job in playing both sides of the argument, but i guarantee because of space, and time it took to write the article, things had to be omitted. finally, you know as well as i do jay that our bass lines arent even close, so leave that part out of your argument, but if you like i can give you lessons on how to play your bass, since i am classically trained on a collegian level. ive seen first hand your style and technique on your beginner bass, and with a few adjustments, you might become a decent bass player. So before you drag me into this, make sure you know what your talking about, because my bass theory, bass line composition, experience, and time on stage cannot be compared to you. we arent in the same ballpark as bass players, not even close bud.— October 17, 2011 12:16 p.m.
Not Neighborzly
now for my 2 cents..... lets start with bass: i had not met any of either band members prior to this. I had not heard jays bass lines, or any of BN songs until i played a show with them in my side project. The way jay acted towards me at this show, was disrespectful, and very egotistical. I had to approach him to say hello, at which time he made some weak comments to me and acted negatively. Where's the reggae love you claim jay? I play a 5 string, and jay plays a 4 which creates different ways to write bass lines over chord progressions. to get a bit technical, on sunshine, i utilize a minor 11th to get to the 3rd chord in the progression, and i use the minor 3rd 2nd and root note to emphasize the last chord, with another minor 11th to loop the progression together. jay uses consistent 5ths on each progression, with no scale deviation. so before you talk about MY bass lines listen to them first. I write all my lines myself. after listening to both songs there are definite similarities to both, but for the most part its basic chord progs. and lyrics. at no point are any of our bass lines similar, so leave my bass playing out of this. Ive wondered recently why this was such a big deal to jay and erik. is it really about "stealing" or is it about you two acting like girls, and not dealing with this like adults. you both look like egoistical a**holes that wont let your hatred for each other go. How are either of you going to be ambassadors to reggae music when you cant even get along with other musicians? what do you mean to accomplish by a law suit? money? fame? something to feed your ego? do you plan on asking for money from us? throwing around those words because your pissed doesnt help your side, it just makes you look emotional. what do you plan on achieving through a "band off" this will NEVER happen because neither band will be able to agree on a venue, time, or who a "winner" is. Is this a way to prove something? I would really hate for one band to get butt hurt because they didnt have enough people at the show, or some other excuse that would come out of either bands mouth if they lost. My old bands still play the songs that i helped write, and guess what I DONT CARE! in 99.9% of music cases it is the whole band that writes arranges and plays their songs. even in Stings case, there were others who helped him with his vision.— October 17, 2011 12:15 p.m.
Not Neighborzly
After reading all the biased comments from both sides, i thought it might be smart of me to give unbiased thoughts first, then add my own commentary First of all this is a fight between Erik and Jay. This really doesnt have anything to do with the music, since Piers (guitarist) was in both BN with jay and Caleb, and in SR with myself and erik (we can leave drummers out of this argument) Piers played with BN at the same time as SR for about 3-4 months, during which the songs in question were being written. This shows that members of both bands had a hand in creating both songs. (Piers still owns the name BN, which can be found on the SD countys copyright website) Secondly If both Erik and Jay would have been more diplomatic in their approach to creating a means of peace, this problem wouldn't even exist. I can tell you first hand that most of the guys in both bands don't really care about the situation(Caleb& Mikey- Myself& Kevin)Jay didn't really take the "Jah" approach in contacting us, and erik didn't do a good job in reacting to Jays aggressive behavior, thus creating biased, emotionally scared lines of communication that would be difficult to overcome. To combat this, jay tried to bring in myself and others into the argument, which really is about the hatred that these two men have for each other. reacting to this negatively was eriks approach, not necessarily the views of all of the band, which created a snowball effect of emails to myself from Jay, and more shit talking by both bands.— October 17, 2011 12:11 p.m.