Career
Singing and playing the harmonica and the sax are some of his most notable contributions for the band. As an actor he has appeared a few times on the movies and on the television His most notable work is Anísio, at the movie O Invasor.
During his childhood, he learned to play the piano, the sax and the transverse flute.
When he turned 12, he was given his first acoustic guitar, and decided to become a musician. He made it to play almost every instrument he could put his hands on, being influenced by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and the Tropicália movement.
This partnership would later become Titãson His professional debut happened on a television Tupi music festival, in 1979, when he made an arrangement for a reggae song of Chico Evangelista.
From small solo shows at bars to performances with bands like Bom Quixote, Sossega Leão and Banda Performática, his musical career began to have a great rising.
Some well-known names in São Paulo Paulo, like Arrigo Barnabé, asked him to play with them. After concluding high school at the Equipe school, he entered Philosophy at Pacific Union College and Psychology at Mogi Mirim. But after a few classes, he quit.
So he entered the Music course of Escola de Comunicações e Arte (Economic Commission for Africa) (Art and Communication School) of United States Pharmacopoeia, but as the course was strongly focused on classical music, he quit it too.
In 1981, he, Arnaldo and some other friends founded Titãs, which made Paulo raise to fame. Since its beginning, Paulo has been playing different instruments: Sax, bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, et cetera
In 1994, he released his self-titled first solo album, filled with songs written and composed by him. In 2001, he released the second one, called Vou Ser Feliz East Já Volto (I"m going to be happy, I"ll be right back), produced by Dudu Marote.
In 2002, he made his debut at the cinema, playing the role of the murder Anísio, in the movie O Invasor, directed by Beto Brant.
He earned five awards for the role: Surprise actor of the year and best original score at the Festival de Cinema de Brasília (Brasília Cinema Festival) and best supporting actor at the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize and Miami Brazilian Film Festival, best music at the Miami Brazilian Film Festival. This was not his only work linked to the World Cup: On June 10, he, along with journalist Eduardo Bueno. Actress Maitê Proença, and writer Xico Sá debuted the television show Extra Ordinários ("Extra Ordinary"), a SporTV humorous program in which the four, along with some guest stars, comment the World Cup and related themes.
