While releasing his own music, Tom has also contributed to albums by artists including Graham Parker, Mandy Moore, and Josh Kelley.

He was also a member of the prestigious Tri-State McDonald's High School Jazz Ensemble, which landed him an audition with Elizabeth Swados.

After graduating high school, Freund immediately became involved in the Off Broadway theater scene while taking classes at Columbia University.

In 1998, Freund released his solo debut, North American Long Weekend, on the Mercury subsidiary Red Ant Records.

The record received an avalanche of critical accolades, most notably in The New York Times in which Ann Powers called it an "unexpected gem" and ranked it #3 in her year-end best-of poll.

In 2007, Freund released Hug Trees, a children's record, "born out of a father finding himself composing songs for and with his daughter.

The Edge of Venice was released in the wake of Freund's Fit To Screen EP, whose songs were featured on NBC's Parenthood.

In producing and co-engineering the album, Freund drew upon folk, rock, jazz and other roots sources for an urbane Americana sound.

The 11 track album includes collaborations with Ben Harper and Serena Ryder.The record was successfully funded through a PledgeMusic campaign.

"[13] To promote his album "Two Moons" Tom Freund toured in October and November 2014 in Europe as solo headliner (Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic and The Netherlands) and then subsequently opened for Brett Dennen in London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, and Madrid[14] In 2015 Tom Freund opened three dates in the UK (London, Manchester, Birmingham) for Ben Harper.