Andy Baum

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Andy Baum (Vienna 2008)

Andreas "Andy" Baum (born December 24, 1957 in Linz ) is an Austrian pop musician and activist for taxes in favor of copyright owners.

Life

At the age of 21, in 1978, he took part in the popodrome competition in Vienna as the guitarist of the group "Stonehenge". "Stonehenge" won a major British band competition in Liverpool in 1980 (with Baum as a singer) and then went on tour as the first Austrian band to tour Great Britain .

Andy Baum celebrated some respectable successes, especially in the 1980s. He was a member of the Hallucination Company from 1982 to 1984 . His band Andy Baum & The Trix acted as a backing band for Dana Gillespie from 1984 . In the fall of 1986 he had his first successes with his song Only A Whisper . Still Remember Yvonne was his first hit parade in 1988 (number 17), the number Slow Down reached number 10 in the Austrian charts in 1989. Between 1989 and 1995 there were also numerous concert appearances and tours in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Baum also worked as a film composer and music producer. In spring 2007 the film "42plus", for which Baum wrote the film music, was released in Austrian cinemas.

Andy Baum has been head of his own solo singing class at the Vocal Summer Academy in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, since 2001 .

The eldest of three sons in an artist family is himself the father of two children. His brothers Martin and Thomas also have relevant professions as writers and screenwriters.

In the summer of 2012 Andy Baum drew attention to himself with an interview in derstandard.at , in which he supported the project to introduce a charge on internet connections. For this reason, Baum was criticized, as a general suspicion of possible offenses to collect a tax is highly controversial. Baum continues to work as an activist for levies on behalf of copyright owners.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Extra feathers
  AT 27 05/05/1991 (4 weeks)
Catch My Breath
  AT 28 03/21/1993 (6 weeks)
Singles
Still remember Yvonne
  AT 17th 08/01/1988 (6 weeks)
Slow down
  AT 10 06/01/1989 (10 weeks)
  • 1987: Listen To The Bad Boy
  • 1989: What's Wrong
  • 1991: Extra Feathers
  • 1993: Catch My Breath
  • 1994: Urban Rhythm
  • 1995: Wooden Days
  • 1998: Best of Andy Baum
  • 2005: Baum - Pur Live

Filmography (selection)

Awards and nominations

  • 1987 Popamadeus as best young artist

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Pinter (Red.), Susanne Schmid (Red.): Solo singing class Andy Baum ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In:  vokalakademiewien.at , accessed on May 31, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vokalakademiewien.at
  2. ^ Iwona Wisniewska: Initiative ("Art is Right"): Levies on Internet connections a viable model. derStandard.at, August 23, 2012, accessed on August 24, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Artists: Discussion about hard disk levy is “like Limbo” , Der Standard, June 15, 2015
  4. ↑ a b Chart sources: AT
  5. ↑ IMDB (English) .
personal data
SURNAME Tree, Andy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baum, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz , Austria