MEDIA RELEASE
11 August 2008
Olympic swimmers sing to swim
The Australian Olympic Swimming Team has a secret weapon to motivate their success in Beijing – a team song
they composed and wrote themselves.
Just days before heading to the Olympics, the team of 43 swimmers spent time in the music studio instead of the
swimming pool, participating in an innovative Muso Magic™ programme of team building through song writing and
music production.
The end production was a professionally recorded anthem, titled Watch Us Come Alive (Live It, Dream It).
Muso Magic™ founder Adam Thompson (an ARIA winner with gold and platinum albums) said the team building
exercise was designed to push the team outside of their comfort zone however he was not surprised that hidden
musical talents were unveiled.
“This is an inspirational group of young people and within most teams there are natural musical talents and others
that are nurtured throughout the Muso Magic process,” said Adam.
“The idea of Muso Magic is for the team to collectively communicate their feelings, desires and ambitions and then
funnel them down into a song.
“We brainstormed words from everyone’s ideas and then amalgamated them to create verses and a chorus. The
music was developed with some melodic humming and ‘la la la-ing’ to create the melody.”
“Of course it was scary and embarrassing for them, but as a team they felt comfortable to achieve the desired
outcomes. They discovered that teamwork hides individual flaws and that using each others strengths builds their
support outside the pool,” said Adam.
He said the entire team pushed themselves out of their comfort zone. “The swimmers discovered their inner
creativity. It made them feel warm, proud, inspired and united.”
Adam Thompson runs Muso Magic™ programmes for corporates and students year round and has taken the
programme into remote communities of the Northern Territory and India in his quest to unite people through music.
EDITORS NOTE: An MP3 FILE of Watch us come alive (Live it, Dream it) is available upon request.
For further information or interview opportunities call Adam Thompson on 0418 270 564 or Linley Frame (former
Olympic swimmer) on 0409 968 484 or Susan Boyd at Infront Communications on 0412 365 122.
Lyrics - Watch Us Come Alive (Live It, Dream It)
VERSE 1
I woke up
Ky Hurst
Feeling passion
Ky Hurst / Melanie Schlanger
I burn inside
Sally Foster
For this time
Stephanie Rice / Grant Hackett
It's my time
Stephanie Rice / Grant Hackett
PRE
Don't hold back
Bronte Barrett
Give my all
Lara Davenport / Leith Brodie
Unleash what's inside
Christian Sprenger
CHORUS
Be brave and proud
All
I'm ready
All
Born a hero
Melanie Schlanger
I have no fear
All
Believe me
All
Watch me come alive
All
VERSE 2
We've come so far
Alicia Coults
On this journey
Bronte Barrett / Leith Brodie
For all to see
Felicity Galvez
It's begun
Lara Davenport / Shayne Reese
We are one
Lara Davenport / Shayne Reese
PRE
Don't hold back
Melanie Schlanger
Give our all
Ky Hurst / Bronte Barrett
Unleash what's inside
Christian Sprenger
CHORUS
Be brave and proud
All
We're ready
All
Born a hero
Christian Sprenger
We have no fear
All
Believe us
All
Watch us come alive
All
Watch me come alive
Yeah yeah
Watch me come alive
Watch me come alive
Yeah yeah
Watch me watch me
Members of the Australian Swimming Team:
Angie Bainbridge
Bronte Barratt
Grant Brits
Leith Brodie
Ashley Callus
Cate Campbell
Alicia Coutts
Lara Davenport
Ashley Delaney
Sophie Edington
Nicholas Ffrost
Sally Foster
Felicity Galvez
Melissa Gorman
Grant Hackett
Samantha Hamill
Belinda Hocking
Ky Hurst
Leisel Jones
Andrew Lauterstein
Linda Mackenzie
Alice Mills
Kenrick Monk
Patrick Murphy
Meagen Nay
Travis Nederpelt
Kirk Palmer
Kylie Palmer
Adam Pine
Shayne Reese
Stephanie Rice
Brenton Rickard
Jessicah Schipper
Melanie Schlanger
Emily Seebohm
Christian Sprenger
Nicholas Sprenger
Craig Stevens
Hayden Stoeckel
Eamon Sullivan
Matthew Targett
Lisbeth Trickett
Tarnee White
NEWS 
