Almir Santana Chediak was a Brazilian musical producer, entrepreneur, publisher, guitarist, teacher, composer, writer and researcher.
11 Facts About Almir Chediak
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Almir Chediak was born into a Lebanese immigrant family and grew up on the state of Minas Gerais.
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Almir Chediak showed an early aptitude for music, starting guitar lessons at 7.
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Precociously at age of 17, Chediak already began working professionally as a guitar instructor and scoring soundtracks for films directed by Jece Valadao and others, writing string and horn arrangements for recording sessions.
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In 1984, Almir Chediak launched his first book "The Dictionary of Notated Chords" and in 1986 he founded his own publishing house, the "Lumiar Record".
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In 1988 Almir Chediak introduced the Songbook series of Brazilian Popular Music elaborating the precise transcription of the complete lyrics, melodies and harmonies of leading composers for publication in songbooks establishing a written library to guarantee Brazilian music would survive for future generations to study and enjoy.
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The idea was born when Almir Chediak was giving guitar lessons to the son of Caetano Veloso in the mid-1980s and found that Veloso was often at a loss to remember what chords he had played or the words he had sung on a particular song.
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In 1991, Almir Chediak launched his publishing house of CDs "Lumiar Discos" and the Songbooks were now accompanied by CD's that had new and innovative versions of the songs performed by other leading names of Brazilian popular music.
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Almir Chediak produced those albums, and was widely praised for rescuing obscure songs and for persuading artists to record songs that were thought to be at odds with their usual styles or public images.
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Now everyone in Brazil and outside the country would be able to sing and play the songs, with their proper harmonies whenever they want, and that was never before done until Almir Chediak starts his enterprises.