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Biography

"I'd like to thank Amanda Abizaid for making TV more memorable this summer."

-Adam Buckman- NY Post

That is the Amanda Abizaid story. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, singer/songwriter Abizaid has spent the last couple of years as a vocalist-for-hire, contributing her singing to such TV programs as The 4400 (the theme song, "A Place in Time"), Smallville, and Charmed. Her new album, The Great Plan Vol. II, represents a singular vision, one that is not bound by any stylistic handcuffs as Abizaid veers from acoustic pop to modern rock and even slight touches of Americana.
The soulful, rootsy "Win Win Situation" is Abizaid at her most confident and accessible. Ludvig Girdland's violin on "Win Win Situation" gives the song added texture and atmosphere. The ethereal "Facing the Lion" is about as far from giddy TV tuneage as Abizaid gets as she settles into a mood-spinning, incandescent groove.

Abizaid's flute playing provides some of these songs a sort of late '60s/early '70s vibe although none of it is dated. There are countless vocalists who go through anonymous TV gigs but Abizaid separates herself with a voice slices above the mainstream and an adventurous spirit which makes her album unpredictable and mesmerizing.

The Great Plan Vol. II is the result of Abizaid’s lifelong passion for melodies and vocal harmonies, which she has been perfecting since she moved to the United States at the age of nine, singing with her four older sisters. After studying flute and piano with private instructors, she attended the Catholic University of America to learn about drama and music. Since then she has acquired a number of accomplishments for TV soundtrack work, the biggest being the main song for the science-fiction series The 4400.

" The Great Plan Vol. II should be of interest to completists of The 4400 but also to anybody yearning for some well-crafted and emotionally resonant pop/rock as well”

- Adam Harrington, Whisperin & Hollerin (UK)

“Abizaid decides to take the road not taken, leaving behind the blandness of TV soundtracks for a personal and intimate album that you could watch the stars with”

- Kyrby Raine, Shotgun Reviews

Abizaid’s latest 2009 release, “In The Loop” is a compilation of electronic pop rock, Dido meets Beck. This new direction reflects back to her roots. Abizaid's flute playing on the first track, “Undivided”, offers influences of The Beatles, then opens up into jazz melodies with the third track, “Set It Up”, as her lyrics now inspire us to come together in peace with slight eastern flavors in the last track, “How Much We’re Alike”.