One of my favorite bands of all time is They Might Be Giants, so I was pretty psyched when I heard they were releasing a new song every week in 2015 as part of their Dial-A-Song project.

But then I noticed they were also releasing the lyrics to these songs a day before they released the audio. This gave me an idea- what if I took the lyrics and tried to write my own version of the song based solely on the words?

This playlist is a collection of songs where I sing TMBG's lyrics, but accompany it with my own music. I have been writing these songs as soon as possible after the lyrics come out and before I listen to the music!* My goal is to make a song as creative and catchy as I can while remaining completely faithful to the lyrics- i.e. no adding, no taking away, no rearranging any of the words. I then record myself singing and playing guitar, do some minimal mixing, and upload! These tracks aren't meant to be finely polished masterpieces but I still hope you enjoy them as much as I've enjoyed making them!

Also, give lots of love to TMBG and their music if you haven't lately. They're totally worth it.

*I had already listened to the first four TMBG tunes before I wrote and recorded my covers so my versions are probably less original. You can particularly tell the similarities between their track and mine in "Erase", for instance.


https://soundcloud.com/dittmanrat/s.....g-lyric-covers