Kara Square is a nerd who will write a song about anything. As half of the duo Team Smile and Nod, she writes personal and political electro folk pop songs. As Mind Map That, she humorously covers topics such as organ donation, fexting (fake texting), cats, coconuts, and poop. Now armed with a ukulele, Kara Square has developed a passion for writing and singing about one of the most explored, universal subjects that exists: love. It occurred to her that as a lesbian, the very act of writing a love song is political. This idea inspired her to create an album that emphasizes relationship similarities, instead of focusing on identity-driven differences. Through her album, Love Songs For Everyone But Especially Uke, she reveals that love is boundless.
BONUS! This TuneTrack LP includes a download of a song booklet that features the lyrics and ukulele chords to all of the album songs.
Thank you!
YOU for listening to this album and joining my TuneTrack Green Room, sharing the tunes, remixing the stems, connecting with me online, and digging what I do. I hope you love, love, love this album. I hope you feel the love I put into it. I wish you big love and happiness.
Thank you to Katie Miller for supporting me with my endless musical endeavors and, of course, for being the album muse. Thank you to TheDICE, Chris Smallwood, and Joel Frijters for your wonderful artistic and graphic design works. Thank you to Rich Ratvasky for being a fantastic collaborator (Team Smile and Nod) and friend. Thank you to the ccMixter community for the endless inspiration and kind embrace of my musical madness. Thank you to Emily Richards and Alex Goodwin of ArtisTech Media and TuneTrack for your support. Thank you to my family and friends for your support and encouragement: Murmur, Bob & Keely, Papa G, Lee, Terry, Drew, G&G, Susan, Jesse, Steven, Moira, Mark, Tony, Dwight, and again... YOU. Thank YOU.
Be there AND be square:
karasquare.com
teamsmileandnod.com
thinkrootrecords.com
ccmixter.org/people/mindmapthat
facebook.com/mindmapthat
youtube.com/mindmapthat
twitter.com/teamsmileandnod
pinterest.com/mindmapthat
Contact me:
kara@thinkrootrecords.com
Green Room Downloads
Join Kara Square Behind the Scenes
-- Love Songs For Everyone But Especially Uke -- CD-quality download of album
-- "Too Depressed for the Ukulele (Featuring Friends)" -- immediate CD-quality download of single
-- "Start Each Day with Love" -- immediate CD-quality download of single
-- "DJ Death" -- immediate CD-quality download of single
-- Exclusive previews of new Kara Square music
-- Green Room private posts
-- The stories behind the songs
-- Green Room member badge
May 30, 2013 at 2:56 p.m. (#)
Thank you so much, Susan. I think ccMixter naturally encourages creative flourishing, don't you? :) I'm so happy to have found it and to have met such an inspiring group of musicians (like YOU). Thank you for taking the time to listen and comment about my album... I'm thrilled that you enjoyed it! Lots of love to you!
May 29, 2013 at 1:33 p.m. (#)
Love this record Kara! (finally had a chance to listen all the way through. . gosh I'm a dork). I remember when you first showed up at ccMixter. While you appeared formed as an artist, your creative spirit has continued to develop and flourish. Wonderful, wonderful work . Anyone loved by you is lucky. I can't even pin point a favorite (although it may still be Start Each Day with Love" because I just loooooovvvvveee that song.)
March 28, 2013 at 7:17 p.m. (#)
Thank you, Emily!! That's so wonderful to hear!
March 28, 2013 at 5:24 p.m. (#)
i LOVE this album!