Why build a studio?

The music and video studio of +Lana Jefferies Music LLC is near Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and it's owned by Lana Jefferies with a daughter interested in music, and +Rick Kepple, a disabled veteran, widower and writer/photographer, as well as +Dale Allen and he enjoys learning music when he's not fixing computers.

Music education helped Kepple when he was on prescribed morphine and felt suicidal. In fact, he listened to +Stevie Nicks and +Fleetwood Mac music religiously, sometimes 24/7 and turned off the satellite TV. Eventually, he began practicing a used +Squier Bullit Strat and a 10 watt +Peavey amp. Within two months, Kepple took himself off of morphine, on hydrocodone. Other guitars like +ESP, +Epiphone and a variety of amps from +Roland and +Marshall helped take him off of the narcotic.

Blood tests proved Kepple's instincts correct and despite not taking any prescription medication and going to all herbals, the cholesterol and hypertension dropped. Pain was managed by a change in lifestyle. Kepple is an +Army veteran and a believer in the organic lifestyle example presented by rock legend, Stevie Nicks.

"Time and time again, troops, their families, military and medical professionals tell us that arts can make a difference in the quality of life for troops and their families," said Rear Admiral Alton L. Stocks, Commander of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. "We are excited to examine those claims through research and practice." http://www.musictherapy.org/new_music_therapy_program_supports_wounded_warriors/

Dale Allen, the tech for the company, began practicing guitar after seeing the changes in Kepple. The two had worked together when R.D. Kepple Publishing was in business during the early part of the 21st Century. In fact, Allen has noticed significant changes in nerve endings healing in his fingers and faster thinking while he is working on computers! Allen is a Navy veteran.

Lana Jefferies believes in the power of music too after she saw the positive changes in her daughter after joining a music program at +Laquey Missouri school.

Rick Kepple and +Wheatware.com presented Lana's daughter with a beautiful, red Squier Strat, because music helps kids to learn to release their emotions in a healthy way and music education can also increase learning and test scores.

A Department of Veterans Affairs counselor told Kepple that the VA also encourages veterans to study music and uses music in therapy sessions. http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2010/sep/04/music-helps-vets-control-symptoms-ptsd/

While the trio at Lana Jefferies Music LLC hope to work with established motion picture studios and seasoned music professionals, and some are already eager to work with idealistic rural Americans and it shows in the video, Angels in Disguise ... http://youtu.be/4AOLQuwZUaw

"The coolest reason to build the studio is to make the world a better place to live," Lana Jefferies said. A studio can be in an extra room or even a converted outbuilding.

Angels in Disguse

+"Angels in Disguise, is good," said +Jim McAllister on his +"Reflections on music, movies, TV, sports, American History, and other stuff" Google blog at http://jmcallister.blogspot.com/ "Angels in Disguise," is the latest video created by the meager staff of Lana Jefferies Music LLC near the small town of Richland, Missouri USA. Lana Jefferies Music LLC CEO +Lana Jefferies, the daughter of a Baptist preacher, writer/photographer +Rick Kepple videos and edits the short films, and computer tech +Dale Allen all work together to do what many people say can't be done; work with established music artists and larger movie companies to help create better videos. The trio are a team from different experiences and education, and working together to make original videos sometimes in a genre all their own. +Edgel Groves Sr., the author of the song, "Angels in Disguise," and featured in the short film of the same name, provided his work to LJM, citing the sincerity of the video production professionals working out of a converted hay barn. They keep their budget low and are making videos that Groves calls, "Earthy and Real." The barn stalls where goats were once born were removed and a Green Screen was installed for special effects in films yet to come. The lean-to where the livestock once stood out of the rain, now encloses the control booth. The conversion isn't complete since the idealistic trio have been funding the new construction themselves while struggling to pay bills. But the studio is "functional," meaning that recordings can be done with unpainted walls, except in the studio itself. There, sound and video merge to create from the imagination. Funding is still needed to hire the backhoe for trenching and installing a septic system. Investors are impressed by the remarkable achievements of the inexperienced crew, but so far no one has bought into the little company. No +Crowdfunding donations. They just have faith in God that their company can succeed. To music artists and producers, that faith alone seems enough to risk working with the little company in the hay barn. For more information about the little company or to buy Edgel Groves new songs, visit the Lana Jefferies Music LLC Facebook page, email rdkeppleconsulting@yahoo.com or just call 573-765-2506.