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Amanda Lazar auspiciously-and literally-burst into the spotlight when her birth was broadcast live on the NBC syndicated television show "America Alive" on July 31,1978. Growing up in Hollywood, with a Father who hosted an Emmy award winning television program Amanda was exposed to every avenue of the entertainment industry.

At the age of 12 Amanda danced with Michael Jackson on his "Bad" tour at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in front of a crowd of thousands. It was at that moment that she realized that it was her destiny to become a performer.

While attending high school in Santa Monica, Amanda sang background vocals on the Screaming Trees album, Dust, produced by George Drakoulias. She sang with the vocal quartet The Persuasions on NBC's nationally syndicated "Today Show". It was in her senior year of high school that she learned to play the guitar and to write her own songs. She went on to attend the internationally renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston. While at Berklee, Amanda performed with Al Kooper, Anton Fig and the Berklee Reverence Gospel choir and also appeared on VH1's "Sound Affects" where they featured a clip of her original song "One Generation." She was the first student ever to be hired as a freelance writer by Timothy White of Billboard Magazine. Her front-page feature article appeared in Billboard's November 17, 2001 issue. After graduating from Berklee Amanda moved back to Los Angeles. Her first gig was in January of 2002 when she opened for Ivan Neville's band and for Chicago blues legend Melvin Taylor at the Mint. Amanda remembers the situation fondly, " I always joke that I was offered a great gig and I didn't even have a band yet. Most of my friends were complaining about not having gigs at all. For whatever reason it happened backwards for me." Amanda spent the next year performing with house bands at Reign, Market Street Bar & Grill, Harvelles, The Money Tree, and the Sportsmen's Lodge, which she says, was "a very important part of my development as a musician and as a performer."

Despite her appreciation for her own process of development Amanda still felt as though something was missing. She says, "I wanted to get deeper with myself and more honest with my audiences but I didn't know how to go there. When I began working with 2Pac's former manager Leila Steinberg I witnessed myself shift." Amanda became a member of Leila's non-profit organization Assemblies In Motion (AIM) and now works with the group developing performance pieces that are performed at universities, facilities, prisons, festivals, and schools all over the country. It was with Steinberg and the AIM group that Amanda says "exposing my true humanity on stage became the focus of my artistic expression. I learned how to tell the real truth of my experiences." It was with AIM that Amanda started experimenting with spoken word poetry. In 2003 she performed on two pilot episodes of Urban Graffiti produced by Boricua Films and regularly performed at Tha Poetry Lounge, and at SLNSW (Spreadin' Love 'N' Spoken Word). With the release of her 2004 presidential election anthem, "The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own"; Amanda is spearheading the movement towards sociological and political awareness throughout America. She has been compared to a young Lenny Bruce and is building a bridge between races and communities through her art. If there's anyone who will do it, Amanda Lazar will prove that one artist's voice can dramatically alter the status quo.

Check out the artist's website:
http://www.amandalazar.com

Track List:
1. The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own
2. The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own (Acapella Version)
3. The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own (Instrumental Version)

Other Genres:

• SPOKEN WORD: With Music
• HIPHOP/RAP: West Coast Rap
• SOLO FEMALE ARTIST