38 Facts About Tim Maia

Tim Maia introduced the soul style on the Brazilian musical scene.

Tim Maia is recognized as one of the biggest icons in Brazilian music.

Tim Maia recorded numerous albums and toured extensively in a long career.

Tim Maia was born on 28 September 1942, in the Tijuca neighbourhood, in the north zone of Rio de Janeiro.

Tim Maia began writing melodies while a child, the second youngest of nineteen children.

Tim Maia took guitar classes and was teaching other children in Tijuca.

Tim Maia gave lessons to his friends Erasmo Esteves and Roberto Carlos, fellow members of the so-called Matoso Gang.

Tim Maia got annoyed at this, leading him to insult Carlos in the following rehearsals until his bandmate left the group.

Imperial eventually suggested another artistic name, Tim, which Maia accepted with reservations.

In 1959, Tim Maia went to study in the United States, where he lived for five years.

Tim Maia joined a vocal harmony ensemble, The Ideals, and wrote the lyrics to "New Love", which was recorded as a demo with guest percussion by Milton Banana.

The group's career was derailed in 1963 when Tim Maia was arrested for possession of marijuana and deported back to Brazil.

Carlos was inaccessible, but Tim Maia started to perform in Sao Paulo's nightlife and in Wilson Simonal's radio program, and had a televised appearance at TV Bandeirantes with Os Mutantes.

Tim Maia became more visible after 1969 when he launched his "These Are the Songs", which was re-recorded by Elis Regina in the next year in a duo with Maia.

Angry at how the music publisher distributed the royalties, Tim Maia opened his own, Seroma, to make sure he had a bigger cut of the profits.

The instrumental parts were all ready when Tim Maia went to his composing friend Tiberio Gaspar for help with the lyrics.

Tim Maia converted to the cult, abandoned drugs and red meat, and decided to write the lyrics for the songs about the knowledge contained in the book.

In 1975, Tim Maia got fed up with the cult, destroyed the unsold records and went back to his carefree life.

In 1977 Tim Maia signed with Som Livre, where he recorded the album Verao Carioca.

In 1979 Maia recorded Reencontro for EMI-Odeon, but revolted at the label's estimated promotion costs which were the same as the money spent recording, Maia fought with the marketing executive, and in response EMI president fired Maia, releasing the album with no publicity to low sales.

In 1990, Tim Maia saw Caetano Veloso's songbook and asked editor Almir Chediak to do one for his own work.

Tim Maia was hospitalized for a week, and died at 13:03 BRT on its day 15.

Tim Maia was interred at the Sao Francisco Xavier Cemetery in Caju.

Tim Maia lived in the United States of America from 1959 to 1964.

Tim Maia first resided in Tarrytown, New York, with the family of an acquaintance of his father's customer.

In 1961, Tim Maia moved to New York City, and, in late 1963, with a group of three friends, decided to travel to the Southern United States.

In Daytona Beach, Tim Maia had his final imprisonment for marijuana possession, which earned him deportation back to Brazil.

Tim Maia had a live-in girlfriend, Maria de Jesus "Geisa" Gomes da Silva.

Tim Maia became a member of the Brazilian Socialist Party in October 1997.

Tim Maia was rumoured to have joined the party in order to run for a seat in the Federal Senate for Rio de Janeiro in the 1998 general elections, but died before that.

Tim Maia was known for his easygoing lifestyle and his habit of lightheartedly missing appointments and even important gigs.

Indeed, Maia had a tradition of arriving late at concerts and at times missed them altogether.

Tim Maia frequently complained about the sound quality in them.

Towards the end of his life, Tim Maia suffered from many health problems, which included diabetes, acute hypertension, obesity and pulmonary embolism.

The film adaptation Tim Maia based on the book was released in 2014.

Maia's entire discography, including the never before seen third volume of Tim Maia Racional, was reissued by Editora Abril in 2011.

In October 2012, American record label Luaka Bop released a Tim Maia compilation entitled Nobody Can Live Forever.

Tim Maia released his first album in 1970 and recorded frequently throughout his career.