I grew up watching MTV when it was all music videos.  The media exploded onto the scene in the mid-70's. But the equipment needed to film, edit, and publish a music video was  cost prohibitive for small independent artists. 

 As computers arrived and improved, companies began creating affordable video-editing software.  However, the best quality software was still out of reach for the average consumer.

I made my first serious video on Windows Movie-maker, for a Shadow Gallery song, With Honor.  When Gary Wehrkamp approached me about creating videos for his Pink Floyd tribute Band ( he actually asked more than one artist)  I said yes and that began an adventure in video editing.

I moved onto Cyberlink Power Director, and then onto the Adobe suite of Premiere, After Effects, and Audition-more difficult to learn, but very rewarding in the outcome.

I spent thousands of hours editing, and animating images and videos.  Then I used my hard-earned knowledge to create my own music videos.  

I reverted back to Cyberlink Power Director and use it exclusively today.

I created, edited, and published  my latest video, Sunrise Child, in under 2 hours.

I discovered a new creative outlet and for awhile even made short promotional videos for a National Environmental Organization.

Video editing has since become one of my primary passions in life.

-Rick

Note: Photo of me was taken in 1979