If you like what you hear, check out her other music here on CDBaby by her songwriting duo called Someday Girl where sometimes she features with multiple genres of music. You know the voice, but you probably don't know the name: 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 www.amandaabizaid.com