His talent has been recognized by such artists as Van Morrison, The John Butler Trio, Gavin DeGraw, and Teitur, who featured him as a solo opening act on their tours in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Peter Gabriel discovered Baum after listening to his live recordings and presented him on his We7 music portal opening page as a up-and-coming artist. He performed in several festivals including Blue Balls Lucerne, and Openair St. Gallen. All in all, this makes an audience totaling over 80.000 people in the past two years, without even having a record deal.

He recently formed a new band with keyboard player Chris Heule, guitar and blues harp player Darwin, and drummer Orlando Ribar.