It's hard to believe it, but Sharon and Doris of The Braeded Chord have been going strong for over eleven years. Starting out as an acoustic duo regularly performing at Starbucks and Einstein Bros. Bagel shops in Northern Virginia, TBC now has morphed into internationally-known, award-winning songwriting and recording veterans, with a heavy dose of consulting and training on the side. TBC's newest venture is in the music publishing arena. This summer they attended the national Association of Lutheran Church Musicians convention in Seattle, going as exhibitors of Braeded Chord Productions. A new website has just been launched and represents all of The Braeded Chord's enterprises. In November, TBC plans to release their fifth and perhaps finest CD, a collection of Christmas songs and instrumentals, some original and some already known and loved. Here are a couple of previews from the project: