[James Steele]

I feel the need to defend myself, I started my company about 10 years ago, I built a capable but modest Avid Express Pro system, I was shooting on Beta which was still the industry standard at the time. Business was good for a few years. 2 years ago my son was born and my wife and I decided it was the right decision for me to take care of him, so the business took a bit of a back seat. I still have a few clients, my main client is a concert promoter and I do concert design and direct live shows, I do about 10 concerts a year so I need to be able to work on the road, a workstation would be nice but it’s not completely practical.

I AM a student, not a full time student but I take classes at the local university regularly, you may not think this is the intended purpose for the discount but in this economy and when you are working your way back toward a successful business, you have to take every advantage you can.

I just came on here asking for some advise and I feel like I’m being attacked, I’m just a guy trying to make a living working really hard for myself, I don’t rely on anyone else for my paycheck, the editing system I sit at all night actually belongs to me, it may not be up to your standards but as long as it gets the job done and my clients are happy that’s all that matters.