We love our theme song and are putting it up in full as a special bonus episode for your listening pleasure! Written and composed by Andrew VanWyngarden, the Grammy-nominated co-founder of indie rock band MGMT, our theme song perfectly sums up what our podcast is all about: kids raising their voices, being seen through the ideas they dream up, and shaping their tenacity with a little help from their favorite storytellers! So, sing along with us: "on Story Seeds, you’re in control of your destiny, adventures you design, where your dreams can grow, a little more each time ..."
The Story Seeds Podcast theme song was written, composed, and performed by Andrew VanWyngarden. Nowadays, he is a real-life, Grammy-nominated musician who tours the world with the band MGMT that he co-founded while in college. But, fun fact: like many of the creative rockstars featured on The Story Seeds Podcast, Andrew actually got his start making music as a child, using a Tascam four track tape machine to record! Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, he loved nature and playing outdoors with his friends, catching snakes and frogs and sometimes making little terrariums with the creatures they’d find.
For this theme song, he was inspired by the magical and playful theme songs of classic children’s shows he watched as a child; shows such as Reading Rainbow, Maya the Bee, and David the Gnome.
Calls to Action
Kids: Call The Story Seeds Hotline at 646-389-5153, email us at storyseeds@literarysafari.com, or visit our website to submit your story ideas. You can also join The Story Seeds Society, our kids listeners club .
Grownups: Visit www.storyseedspodcast.com for subscription links, to sign up for our newsletter, and to download our printable Imagination Lab activity e-zines for your kids (or the kid in you!) that offer opportunities to read, write, and get creative alongside listening to each episode . You can also follow us on Instagram @storyseedspod, on Twitter @litsafarimedia, and on Facebook @literarysafari.
Get our Imagination Lab: Experiments in Creativity activity book! It pairs perfectly with the podcast and features tons of episode-inspired prompts and projects! Order your copy here!
Hey Listeners! Looking for ways to support our show? Well, now you can! Visit our recently launched glow.fm page where you can support The Story Seeds Podcast on a recurring or one-time basis. Your donation - large or small - will help us create more episodes of the show and give us the ability to provide opportunities for more kids from around the world to participate in Story Seeds.
Our theme song song is also available to stream on YouTube. Subscribe here.
The Story Seeds Podcast is a creation and production of Literary Safari www.literarysafari.com
The Story Seeds Theme Song
[lyrics]
there they are
underneath the soil in the sun
where anything can grow
it’s another day
and another seed has just begun
to turn into a show
when you find the path you didn’t know
then the story seeds start to grow
on story seeds
you’re in control of your destiny
adventures you design
where your dreams can grow
a little more each time
on story seeds
it only goes to show
if you want be
what you know
plant a story seed and watch it grow