[FourPlay News] Vote now! And come see us in Sydney/Melbourne/Brisvegas etc

[Peter Hollo]

Dear FourPlay list,


    Vote for FourPlay in Triple J's Hottest 100

It's that time of year again. Yes, the beginning, I know. Well spotted. 
It's also, therefore, a time for reminiscing, a time for touring, a time 
for... *voting in Triple J's Hottest 100*. And that, in a nutshell, is 
why I've gathered you here today.
As you may recall, we put an album out recently called *Now To The 
Future*. From that album, trusty Triple J chose to play our smashing 
cover of the Strokes' *Reptilia*, and we gained many a fan from that bit 
of chugging rock. We now need your help! Triple J have kindly listed the 
song in the list of songs-to-vote-for, and so we ask that you please go 
to the voting page and help us make string quartet history!
http://www.triplej.net.au/hottest100/vote/
If Reptilia wasn't your favourite track from the album, feel free to 
select something else as well (you can vote for 10 songs!), but please 
/also/ vote for Reptilia, to give it the best chance possible of making 
it into those 100. We know we deserve it. *You* know we deserve it. But 
getting onto the official top 100 list will be a real boost for us!


    Gigs a'comin'

At the start of December all four of us congregated in Tim's temporary 
home of Hobart to write more material for this coming year. We came out 
with 10 brand spanking new pieces, including four new group-written 
originals and some rockin' covers. We're putting together a tour to 
debut these new pieces (as well as all your faves), starting with some 
exciting shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

*Thursday Feb 8th & Friday Feb 9th --- The Studio, Sydney Opera House*
We're doing a series of three ultra-extra-special shows called "FourPlay 
Three Ways" at The Studio 
<http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sections/whats_on/the_studio/> at the 
Sydney Opera House. These shows will each showcase a different aspect of 
FourPlay's sound, through different genres. Each will have substantially 
different setlists.
*Thursday*'s show is as follows:
9.30pm: *Rock and pop*
*Friday*'s two shows are:
7:30pm *Jazz, blues, roots, folk & world*
9:30pm *Post-rock, electronica, neo-folk, dubstep & hip-hop*
Book now, via the SOH website 
<http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sections/whats_on/boxoffice/event_details.asp?EventID=2058&sm=1&ss=1> 
- more info via the link too.
*These shows have an extra-special aspect to them as well.* All three 
shows are being multi-track recorded. FourPlay will be offering a *free* 
digital download EP of selected tracks, one for each ticket bought, 
culled from the performances over the three nights. Please supply your 
email address when purchasing your ticket, and shortly after the 
performances you will be sent an email detailing how to download your 
*free* EP (conditions apply).

*Saturday Feb 10th --- East Brunswick Club, Melbourne*
FourPlay return to Melbourne! We've had some corkers of shows in 
Melbourne recently, and this promises to be another, set to feature a 
bunch of new tracks along with favourites from /Now To The Future/ and 
earlier.
It's our first time at the East Brunswick Club 
<http://www.eastbrunswickclub.com/> too. Supports Invention in Time 
<http://www.inventionintime.com/> continue the tradition of fascinating 
support acts for our Melbourne shows. Book early, book often!

Then further on, we're playing at the Judith Wright Centre 
<http://www.judithwrightcentre.com.au/> in Brisbane on *March 10th*, and 
there's more coming too. As always, check the calendar on the FourPlay 
site or goto http://www.fourplay.com.au/gigguide.php for all up-coming gigs.


    Online store

Finally, don't forget that FourPlay's online store 
<http://shop.fourplay.com.au/> is open and fully operational. It's the 
hub of the FourPlay String Quartet international empire, and you can 
purchase all of our back-catalogue both as *CDs* and high-quality 
*mp3s*, as well as our popular line of clothing (*t-shirts* and *boob 
tubes*). It's proven to be the perfect venue for x-mas/hannukah gifts, 
and we'd love you to point all your friends there when you're telling 
them *how much you love us* ('coz you do love us, right?) and 
encouraging them to love us too! <http://shop.fourplay.com.au/>

*Love from FourPlay*
http://www.fourplay.com.au/
http://www.myspace.com/fourplaystringquartet

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