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Eduardo "Duda" Guedes is a Brazilian musician, drummer, percussionist, author, publisher, recording artist and art educator born in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

1.1 Early Years

Eduardo started playing drums at age 13 with schoolmates at Bom Conselho school in Porto Alegre. He became professional at 14 in 1986 when he started to play in clubs and pizzerias around Porto Alegre. His first band was a punk rock band called Cataclisma that used to play regularly at his school. Right after that he played with his older brother in the Gothic band UK Kids, being called "Edward Blast". With his brother bassist João Luiz Guedes he also played in the bands Iskar and Erre from 1987 until 1989. His first press feature came in 1987 with the band Objeto Secreto for a performance at legendary Porto Alegre club Porto de Elis.

In 1990 he started to attend Law school at Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC) and joined the band Heróis Bandidos playing at School music festivals such as FICA (Festival Interno da Canção Anchietana). The band was very successful in the Festival scene and continue to record and perform until 1992. During this time Eduardo also played with singer, guitarist and producer Juliano Cortuois in the band Atos Relutantes.

1.2 Blues and Bossa Nova

In 1992 he joined the band Big Family Blues and performed at Usina Blues, first blues festival in Porto Alegre. He continue to perform with the band until 1993 when he formed his own Samba and Boassa Nova trio Duda Guedes Bossa Trio, playing extensively in Porto Alegre and the coast of Rio Grande do Sul. During this time he worked with Nei Van Sória, Neto Fagundes, Luciana Pestano, Santiago Neto e Rafael Brasil.

1.3 Nei Lisboa

In the end of 1993 at age 21 he had his first big break at his hometown. Eduardo started to play with singer songwriter Nei Lisboa who had just released the album "Amén", recorded live at Teatro São Pedro. The show had Uruguayan guest musicians Fernando "Lobo" Nunes and Mauricio Trobo. Eduardo played the tour of the album in many cities of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. He also recorded the TV show "A Festa do Senhor do Bom Fim for RBS TV at Teatro da OSPA. With Nei Lisboa he recorded the single "Terra do Bem Viver" for the tourism department of the city of Porto Alegre. He played with Nei until 1996.

1.4 Iguana

From 1994 until 1997, Eduardo was a member of the band Iguana, with Pedro Veríssimo (Vocals) Leonardo Brunelli (Guitar) and Rafael Cirne Lima (bass). The band won Third place in the Festvalda music festival with the song "Runaway" and recorded an EP mixed by Carlos Martau). The band also perform extensively in Porto Alegre getting a lot of press.

1.5 Gabriel, Mano Sá e a Trilha da Formiga

1.6 Trijazz

1.7 Mutuca e os Animais

1.8 Moving to the United States

In November of 2000, after graduating Law School at PUC- RS, Eduardo moved to the USA to pursue a music career. In the beginning he started playing gigs with Brazilian musicians in Newark, NJ. He played with artists such as Marcio Mendes and Rodrigo Lemos. At this time he formed a Forró Band with his cousins Arhur and Gabriel Guedes called Capim Barba de Bode. In 2001 he started to do auditions to play with Bands in New York City. His first gig was with the Calypso, Reggae band Brother Rob. With the band he played his first show in NYC at the legendary C-Note in the East Village.

1.9 M´lumbo

In 2002 he joined Multimedia band M´lumbo. With the band he played at venues such as The Knitting Factory and Izzy Bar. He recorded the album "Produkt" and the video "Truth is an LSD experience". Eduardo still collaborating with the band.

2.0 Samba and Maracatu

Eduardo started to play with Brazilian ensembles in New York City. He played with Manhattan Samba and became a performer, teacher with Maracatu NY, where he met drummer Scott Kettner. Scott invited him to be part of his newly formed project Maracatu Jazz, which would later became Nation Beat.

2.1 Nation Beat

2.2 Myla Hardie

2.3 New Sounds of Bossa