When he was five years old Yotam started taking piano lessons. A few years later he was terribly disappointed to learn that playing piano requires practice. As a result he started playing trumpet (stupid move, as trumpet is one of the most demanding instruments on the plant) and spent the majority of his coming of age making his neighbors miserable. His real passion as a kid was for the drums, but for some reason he was convinced that drums are for bad boys who fail at school, and he didn’t want to be perceived as one. Only at 17 he got over the shame and became a drummer, while maintaining a 4.0 GPA (that last part is BS, they don't even have GPA in Israel).

He later graduated Magna Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music, majoring in composition, but he failed the Latin class and couldn’t understand the meaning of it all. Upon graduation he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a composer. He composed music for a bunch of TV shows, commercials, and movies. He also produced a few CDs, and composed music which was performed and recorded by seriously good musicians. Yotam won the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, the JCCP Award, and the 2010 Hummus Man Award. Anyone who knows the details of these competitions will tell you that the Hummus Man award is by far the most impressive.

Yotam’s favorite kinds of music are jazz and classical.

Musicians on Balance album:
Vibes: Dave Samuels
Violin: Mads Tolling
Piano: Vadim Neselovskyi
Bass: Mike Oien
Drums: Yotam Rosenbaum

Musicians on Three Short Stories:
Marimba: Dave Samuels
Piano: Marcin Masecki
Violin: Mads Tolling
Cello: Mi-Jin Yin