Lesbian-fronted Band Releases 2nd Album

"Mourning Time" is NOW available right HERE!

Team Smile and Nod, lesbian-fronted synthpop anti-folk duo, is thrilled to announce the pre-sale of their second album, "Mourning Time". It's available for immediate download and shipping ONLY at our website. It will not be available anywhere else until it is officially released in March of 2011. Get your copy here and let us know what you think about it!

"Mourning Time" explores the constantly morphing state of mourning in an oddly uplifting and quirky manner. Many of the songs were written during Kara's grieving process for the loss of her mother. As depressing as that may sound, the album visits a wide range of themes and emotion, and ends with an empowered, upbeat song of healing that goes by the same name as the album. Listen to the title track here. In summary, many of the songs are upbeat, idealistic, and even danceable (this track, "Truth and Fact", will be the single). "Mourning Time" is released on Kara's indie label Thinkroot Records. The vocals and guitars were recorded in Kara's home studio. The electronic production, mixing, and mastering took place at Rich's Ostrich Studio. The amazing art is by Jesse Smith. It took us 2 years to make this album what it is. We're proud to finally share it with you. Get your digital and/or physical copy here.

Download "Truth and Fact REMIX" for free in exchange for one FB or Twitter post!

Experiment- an ode of hypocrisy and LGBT marriage

If you like what you hear/see, you watch more videos here: http://www.youtube.com/TeamSmileandNod

Or check out my band, Team Smile and Nod, here: http://www.teamsmileandnod.com/

Thanks for listening!!!

Lesbian Musician Takes A Stance

Hello!

A couple weeks ago, Rich and I met with Alexandra Kelley from Columbus Underground. We had a great chat. She was very interested in why we market our band, Team Smile and Nod, as "lesbian-fronted". I was jazzed to be asked that question. Here's the article that she wrote:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/lesbian-musician-takes-a-stance

KELLIE MANIER PHOTO

If you'd like to learn more about our band, please go here: http://www.teamsmileandnod.com/
Also, you can find us on Facebook and Myspace.

Take care and cause ruckus,
Kara

Lesson 3- Teaching You to Teach YOU Guitar

Here is the 3rd video in the series. Go here to view the other parts: http://www.youtube.com/user/TeamSmileandNod

Go here to listen to some Team Smile and Nod tunes: http://www.teamsmileandnod.com/

QUEERICS' Gay GIVEAWAY!

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!
To celebrate, QUEERICS, Team Smile and Nod, and Elizabeth Gearhart have joined forces to bring you a super-fun give-way!

Want to win a Team Smile and Nod CD??? A glow-in-the-dark tee? Buttons? Stickers? A custom small watercolor painting by

Elizabeth Gearhart!?! You have until 11:59 pm PST on June 28 to enter! Follow the link to learn how to enter:
http://chesh.lmfao.org.uk/queerics/giveaway.shtml

While you're there, check out the QUEERICS website. It is a wonderful resource for those of us looking for LGBT musicians, bands, and songs. FURTHER, the creator of the site, Chesh, is flippin' fun and hilarious. Check out the QUEERICS blog so you can see what I mean: http://community.livejournal.com/queerics

11 people will win! Why not you??? Enter! Tell you friends to enter! It will be fun for everyone to read how everyone answers the questions!

www.teamsmileandnod.com

Lesson 2: Accessories (Teaching You to Teach YOU Guitar)

Here I go into some of the accessories that you will need for playing guitar. Here's the list:

PART 1
1. Guitar Case
2. Capo
3. Tuner OR Pitch Pipe
4. Picks
5. Strap
6. Spare Strings
(7. String Winder... I forgot this in the video... they are cheap and very very helpful)

PART 2 (this will be covered next time)
8. Chord Book
9. Humidifier

*Check out www.teamsmileandnod.com to get a feel for our tunes...

Columbus PRIDE 2009

If you are near Columbus, Ohio, please consider checking out Columbus PRIDE Festival this year... It is a 2 day festival at Goodale Park on June 19th and 20th. Columbus has one of the largest PRIDE festivals in the midwest. There will be tons of performers... including my band, Team Smile and Nod. We will be rocking some very lesbian songs... oh yes. If you have any questions, you can drop me a line here: kara@thinkrootrecords.com I'll try to help. Oh... and check out my band here: http://www.teamsmileandnod.com/

The flyer was created by Jesse Smith... he also did the artwork on our CD. Thank you to Jesse!