You've
heard her enchanting voice on hit TV shows and films such as 'The
4400', 'Odd Girl Out', “Smallville', 'Ed', 'One Tree Hill', 'Felicity'
and 'Charmed'. Now singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Amanda
Abizaid is preparing to release her highly anticipated new (physical and
digital) EP titled 'Be In Love' on October 11th,
2011. One of Hollywood's most in-demand “Female-Vocalist-for-Hire”,
Amanda's new EP in many ways is a watershed for the American/Lebanese
music artist, with her songwriting reaching a new level of creativity.
“This is a
special record for me,” Amanda expresses, “because in finding my voice
as a songwriter in prior releases I was inspired by other songwriters to
work in their genre, which allowed me to mature as an artist enough to
relinquish control to a production team that has allowed me to find my
own voice. This EP is all about going back to my roots and expressing
the influence of the American culture that I have been living for a
while now. There is a marriage between the two cultures that is really
being expressed in this EP that makes me feel complete with my sound
today”
Amanda
describes her music as “Neo-Soul meets World music, the cultural vibes
of the roots along with percussion aspects add to the sophistication in
the songwriting. The music has a 'pop' element because of the type of
songwriting I am doing with Grammy Nominated Songwriter and Recording
Artist Harriet Schock. As we were developing the sound of the record
with producer Andrew Michael Bertrand, we realized that it sounds as
though Peter Gabriel and Sade had teamed up to make a record. The pulse
of this record is derived from Amanda's love of World music.” Also
appearing on Amanda's new release is Santana's trumpeter Bill Ortiz and
Emmy Award Winning film composer Alex Wurman, who greatly enhanced the
songs with his string compositions and piano performances.
“This
whole process has been really inspiring to me,” Amanda reflects. “I am
excited for this release date because I feel the music is going to reach
a much broader audience here in the US and around the world. I have
really found my sound.”
A gifted
pianist, guitarist and flautist, Amanda Abizaid was born in Beirut,
Lebanon to an American mother and Lebanese father. Upon relocating to
Los Angeles in the '90s, Amanda immediately began working with some of
the best musicians on the scene. She gained major notoriety when she
lent her voice to “A Place In Time”, the haunting theme song from
Paramount's TV series 'The 4400', which premiered in 2004. Amanda's CD
release of 2010 'This Life' garnered rave reviews from fans and music press alike worldwide! Brian Ball of Woman's Radio touted “'This Life'
is the perfect half-hour escape from the boundaries of time and space
altogether,” and Paul Fleck, former Executive Director of Marketing of
Paramount Pictures' Motion Picture Group praised, “ 'This Life'
is unquestionably her most accomplished work to date...” Tapping into
her early musical influences from her childhood, Amanda infuses a
sensual and seductive Middle East flair to her work.
In
addition to completing her new EP, Amanda recently hosted a World Music
Night at Los Angeles M-Bar with proceeds that were donated to New
Orleans' Make It Right NOLA Foundation. “I like to help people through
my music,” Amanda recently told Billboard. “I've always done that;
coming from Lebanon, that's what I always wanted to do. I wanted to do
something bigger than just myself because I saw a lot of tragedy growing
up. Through my music, I hope to reach people and inspire them to make
their lives great.”
Amanda Abizaid 'Be In Love' EP will be available for purchase on October 11th,
2011. The EP also includes two bonus tracks: “Blue Sky Remix” and an
instrumental version of “Be In Love With Me Again”, which showcases the
trumpet work of Bill Ortiz.
Amanda Abizaid 'Be In Love' EP release party – Thursday October 13, 2011
Mbar – Hollywood
1253 Vine Street (SW corner of Fountain/Vine)
Doors open at 7pm show begins at 8pm
Reservations 323-856-0036
At this EP Release Show Amanda will be accompanied by Emmy Award Winning Composer Alex Wurman and many other A-list musicians.
For more information visit www.AmandaAbizaid.com
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