Ollie McGill
Oliver James "Ollie" McGill (born 2 November 1981) is an Australian musician who is the keyboard player and backing vocalist for The Cat Empire. He composed "Dumb Ways to Die" for Metro Trains Melbourne. McGill is also a member of several other Melbourne-based bands, including The Genie (a fusion band), The Conglomerate (a modern jazz quartet), Peaking Duck, The Future, 77, and Past Ollie's Bedtime.
Biography
Ollie McGill attended Wesley College, Melbourne, Australia. In 1999 McGill on piano was a member of Jazz Cats, a nine-piece jazz group, which issued a four-track extended play, The Jazz Cat. Late that year McGill on keyboards, Ryan Monro on double bass and Felix Riebl on percussion and vocals, founded a split-off group, The Cat Empire.
During 2004 McGill and Harry Angus (also of The Cat Empire) on trumpet and lead vocals, Jules Pascoe on bass guitar, and Harry Shaw-Reynolds on drums formed an improvisational jazz quartet, The Conglomerate. In September 2005 McGill was a founder of a four-piece jazz ensemble, Peaking Duck, with Munro (also in The Cat Empire) on bass guitar, Dave Ades on saxophone and James Hauptmann on drums.
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by Aaliah Michaela
Letter To Your Heart
by: Aaliah MichaelaTongue-tied, speechless
It's all tangled up inside
Trapped within my mind
I'll stumble and freak out
I'm bound to hit a wall
I shouldn't trip and fall
In a twisted web of words
I'm trying to make it work
But you gotta read between the lines
As I'm pouring out my song
Look into my eyes and you'll know
'Cuz words can't describe
What I'm feeling deep inside
And god I hope you feel the spark
In my letter to your heart
In my letter to your heart
Quiet, silence. trying to find the way
To things I'll never say
I'll try to slow down speak up
But words would never help
I'm a victim of myself
In a twisted web of words
I'll try to make it work
But you gotta read between the lines
As I'm pouring out my song
Look into my eyes and you'll know
'Cuz words can't describe
What I'm feeling deep inside
And god I hope you feel the spark
In my letter to your heart
In my letter to your heart
Feel the beating in my chest
Hoping you can hear the rest
Of what my heart has shouted to the world
But you gotta read between the lines
As I'm pouring out my song
Look into my eyes and you'll know
'Cuz words can't describe
What I'm feeling deep inside
And god I hope you feel the spark
In my letter to your heart
In my letter to your heart
Ohh ohh this is my letter to your heart