I am Dave Ayling and I write songs and play guitar and various other instruments under the moniker 'We Looked Like Giants!'. Im from the west coast of Scotland, from a fine wee town by the name of Oban. 

Growing up on a diet of Brit Pop, Pop-punk, Folk, Country, Indie, a big old slice of Hip-Hop, Electro and all matters in between, I started playing electric guitar at about fourteen or fifteen but hardly seriously. I put down my guitar to concentrate on the rigours of growing up, riding bikes, snowboards and chasing girls. 

I started really playing again at the age of nineteen when I was diagnosed with cancer and was pretty much stuck indoors every day. I started playing acoustic then and fell in love with the sound, It seemed to suit me more than my electric. Writing songs became a means of escape and I plugged away writing songs and playing in my bedroom for the next four or five years whilst I recovered from illness. 

So that kind of brings me up to present day of sorts. I held a big party for the fifth year clear of my cancer and got some of my friends bands to play at it and was convinced to play a few songs of my own. It went pretty well and people really liked my songs.... I had fell in love with performing my songs to the mightily scary public. 'we looked like giants' was born. 

'we looked like giants' is basically putting a name to something which has existed since I first started writing songs, after struggling to put a name to whatever it was I was trying to create, 'we looked like giants' jumped out, due to a love of all things Death Cab. 

We Looked Like Giants! is a solo project, but friends who are far better musicians have since joined up on occasion and then to put me to shame by pointing out I dont know the names of the chords im playing. Thanks for reading and let me know what you think of my songs. 

cheers, dave / w.l.l.g! 

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