Formula 1 Excitement

Recently I wrote an arrangement of Brian Tyler’s Formula 1 Theme for piano. It’s a great piece - very dramatic, always gets my blood pumping at the beginning of a race! I recorded a video of myself playing it and put it up on Youtube last weekend, in honour of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix this weekend.

Well, thanks to a little help from Reddit, the official Formula social media team noticed it and ended up posting it on their Youtube, Twitter and Facebook accounts. Cue my phone blowing up with notifications from excited fans from around the world! It’s been an exciting couple of days watching the video gain traction, with hundreds of thousands of views between all three sites.

I also gained a few hundred new subscribers on Youtube so I guess I’ll have to think carefully about what my next upload will be!

Here’s the video. Enjoy!

Marla

To celebrate the beginning of the 2019 season I recorded a video of my arrangement of Brian Tyler's Formula 1 Theme for piano! Watch the original here: https://youtu.be/52khlKOl1do Download sheet music: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cCLIaeATnjjT8RlWGBMeRvtqDL9EkEdN (Disclaimer: obviously I don't own anything. And please focus on the arrangement, not the playing 😅)

Life is Fine

Countermeasure just released a new music video before our tour. It's gained a lot of traction so far and we're really excited about it. I present, "Life is Fine"!

Marla

iTunes: https://itun.es/ca/m9LWdb?i=1136813159 Spotify: https://goo.gl/pJw08P Google Play: https://goo.gl/V5ed6z Website: http://www.countermeasuremusic.com Lyrics by Langston Hughes Music by Aaron Jensen Soloist - Jeremy Voltz Producer- Rachel Liley Director- Michael Cameron Cinematographer- Chris Morsby Camera Operator- Michael Cherrington Gaffer- Tony Smith Editor- Nick Montgomery Executive Producer - J-M Erlendson Filmed at William F.

Takin' It Home

Countermeasure's released a new travelogue music video, full of footage taken by group members during our European tour last summer. Takin' It Home is from our second album, Made to Measure. Video preview frame pictures my backside. Check it out!

Off of our second album, Made to Measure. www.countermeasuremusic.com Video edited by Merik Williams Video captured by group members

Marla

Ukulele Video #2

I guess I should stop calling them ukulele videos because our next one likely won't have a single ukulele in it.

Anyway, our take on "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" sung by Aretha Franklin and George Michael.

Ukulele cover #2. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) Sung by Aretha Franklin and George Michael Written by Simon Climie and Dennis Morgan

Enjoy!

Marla

Ukulele Adventures

As mentioned in my last post, I got a ukulele! Hooray! It's a little baby soprano one. I already play guitar to some degree, so it hasn't been too much of a stretch to apply that knowledge to my uke. Lots of fun. I've played more ukulele in the last week and a half than I've played guitar in years.

To be more accurate, Sam gave me the ukulele since I'd been playing his tenor uke a lot. So what else could we do now that there were two of us and two ukuleles? Make a cheesy uke duet video, of course!

Sam got me a ukulele so we thought we'd try to figure out a duet. :) I'm Yours by Jason Mraz

More adventures to come, I'm sure. Enjoy!

Marla