I had a conversation about ellis\' style with leith a few weeks ago. Personally, I didn\'t care for his lighting for the breakfast. Sure it was better than nothing or a novice jumping in and just playing, and I\'m not saying it doesn\'t work in the right setting, it\'s just that (for me) the breakfast was not it. musically it worked. The problem was the venues. You can see Ellis\' influences from ck5 in his show the same way you can hear a musicians influence in their playing but the rooms were WAY TOO SMALL for what he was trying to do. IMO, for what ellis does with his style, he needs a much bigger stage and lighting grid, something which at the time the breakfast simply couldn\'t deliver him. In a nice sized theater though with more than 3 intelli and a couple of cans I think he definietly has the potential to put on an awesome show so this is a much needed step in the right direction for him. You don\'t want to see a guitarist playing in a hole in the wall pull out 8 marshal stacks, you don\'t want to see ellis having to cram what he\'s trying to do into that size room either. For the lights to have their full effect you need room for the beams to spread out more than 50 feet wall to wall.
Also, sd video looks like garbage with the amount of darkness he uses. If we had hd, it would look great but we can\'t adjust iris levels with our current gear, so most bfast shows I was cursing ellis under my breath. :lol:
Best of luck man. I\'d love to see what you could pull off with the right sized room.
