Título: Nando Reis
Seção: Childhood
Background: Nando Reis (Portuguese pronunciation: ['nadu 'Rejs], born Jose Fernando Gomes dos Reis; January 12, 1963) is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and one of the lead singers of Brazilian rock band Titas and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais. He has also produced a few albums, including some related to Cassia Eller, who has made several significant partnerships with him, and Marisa Monte. In 2012, Nando Reis was listed among the top ten Brazilian artists at the ECAD list of artists who earned the most from copyright in the first semester of that year.

Conteúdo: Nando Reis was born in Sao Paulo to Cecilia Leonel and Jose Carlos Galvao Gomes dos Reis. He was given his prename "Jose" just like his brothers, Jose Carlos, the oldest of the children, and Jose Luiz (who is deaf), the younger. His two sisters also shared the same prenames: Maria Cecilia, the older, and Maria Luiza, the youngest of the five, which developed cerebral palsy.  His mother was an acoustic guitar teacher and his father was an engineer. Jose Carlos taught him a little bit of Rock 'n' Roll, showing him Rolling Stones's album Between the Buttons. Maria Cecilia taught him to play the acoustic guitar and took him to a show of Gal Costa and Gilberto Gil.  He was given his first acoustic guitar by his grandmother, at the age of 7, and was taught his first chords by his sister. However, most of his skills were acquired alone, when he learned songs of Caetano Veloso all by himself.  Some friends of Jose Carlos played in a rock band. Once, he took Nando to a small performance at the garage of the bassist house. Impressed with the solos of the guitarist, he asked him to teach him, but he never made it. He also tried the drums, but gave up. He decided then to play the bass guitar, as his attempts to play the electric guitar and the drums failed. Other artists, such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Alice Cooper kept joining his main influences. At the age of eleven, he had classes of classic guitar and harmony with Alexandre ("Maranhao"), a friend of Jose Carlos. His first com

user: Where was Reis born?

assistant: Sao Paulo

user: Who were his parents?

assistant: Cecilia Leonel and Jose Carlos Galvao Gomes dos Reis.

user: What was his parents professions?

assistant: His mother was an acoustic guitar teacher

user: Did they influence him?

assistant: Jose Carlos taught him a little bit of Rock 'n' Roll, showing him Rolling Stones's album Between the Buttons.

user: Did he have siblings?

assistant: He was given his prename "Jose" just like his brothers, Jose Carlos, the oldest of the children,

user: Which school did he attend?

assistant: In 1978, he entered Equipe School. There, he formed a band called "Os Camaroes" (The Shrimps) with some friends, and managed to win a local music festival.

user: How did he do with that band?

assistant: When he met Paulo Miklos and Arnaldo Antunes, who took part of the festival, he made the first compositions with what would later become Titas.

user: Did they have more projects?

assistant: Even though Titas where already planning their first show, the university occupied most of his time. Therefore, he decided to quit it.

user: Which University did he attend?

assistant: Equipe School.

user: In general how his music career start?

assistant: Some friends of Jose Carlos played in a rock band. Once, he took Nando to a small performance at the garage of the bassist house.

user: What they did afterwards?

assistant: Impressed with the solos of the guitarist, he asked him to teach him, but he never made it.