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   manDimension One Records announces the official release of "Just Another Piano   
   Man," the new single by Robert Kramer, from the upcoming album Shadow Logic.   
   The song was penned by    
   Kramer as a tip-of-the-hat to Billy Joel's iconic hit, "Piano Man;" an homage   
   to the song being recently inducted into the Library of Congress.   
      
   "Just Another Piano Man," echoes Kramer's personal sentiment of working the   
   piano-bar circuit as a struggling musician. The Library's National Recording   
   Board (NRPB) chooses 25 recordings that are deemed "culturally, historically,   
   or aesthetically    
   significant," every year, and graciously, Kramer's enticing piece has made the   
   cut for 2016.   
      
   "Every musician who has ever experienced what its like to be a "Piano Man"   
   owes a vote of thanks to Billy Joel for that song," comments Kramer, who knows   
   first-hand the challenges and often thankless job of playing for inattentive   
   bar patrons.   
      
   "Playing in a piano bar can be frustrating; it teaches you humility, endurance   
   and patience," he quips. "But it can also be incredibly rewarding as well...it   
   gives you the chance to make a difference up-close and personal. It made me a   
   better musician    
   and performer, not to mention getting repeated requests for that song in one   
   night," Kramer laughs. "Every musician who's been a piano man has their own   
   story to tell about it; "Just Another Piano Man" was mine."   
      
   Kramer, who also writes music for film and television, has worked the piano   
   bar circuit in between recording and producing a number of albums and music   
   videos. The energetic and passionate tune shares the frustration and pitfalls   
   of being a piano man on    
   the lounge circuit; a theme many musicians can relate to. The track gracefully   
   shows Kramer's skills as a musician, lyricist and songwriter; the ultimate   
   triple threat.   
      
   The lyrics of the piece contain a name-dropping litany of artists Kramer has   
   received requests for night after night. "They're all there, from Sinatra to   
   Gaga, and everything in between...I've even had requests for opera," Kramer   
   states.   
      
   He nervously adds, "I just hope Billy approves..." It's pretty certain that   
   Joel will....   
      
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