Memoirs and insights on the intimate performance of song from a real-life Piano Man.

Born to a businessman and an aerobics instructor, and very much part of mainstream society, at 27, Paul decided to try a new kind of life. His quest for experience and understanding transformed him, taking him over oceans and across continents, to piano bars and community halls in London, Switzerland, Denmark, China, and the USA, as well as Yeshivas in New York and Jerusalem.

"For the first time I’m sharing secrets I’ve built up over the years as a concert act, a lounge act, piano-bar act, a shopping-center act, a restaurant act. Modes of understanding, both technically and spiritually gathered in a journal where I sought to increase my ability and learn from mistakes and successes. Added to these are some more personal mémoire-like moments and 'lessons learned'. I hope my book brings a deep and practical understanding and improves the lives of those who listen to you, and that you go places and enrich people who might be melancholy with a song and a smile. I address the need to be concerned with the way something is delivered, as much as what and where it’s being delivered. This is my humble offering to the world from my experience as a performer, that I’m very happy to share. This book is for the front man, or the soloist. Someone who takes responsibility for the flow, pace, structure, material selection, engagement and many dynamics relating to audience relationship. It would never have existed had I not lost so many bookings because of Covid-19, or without the support of my wife Tamar." (Paul Toshner)