Rafael was born in Caieiras (São Paulo, Brazil) on March 29th in 1988 and he decided to pick up a guitar and start playing after being influenced by Hard Rock and Metal Bands by the age of 13.

After listening to some virtuoso guitar players such as Yngwie Malmsteen, Kiko Loureiro, Paul Gilbert and etc, he decided to become very serious about his instrument and start taking up some guitar classes with Marco Collona (Cover guitarra) who helped him in the first musical theory concepts.

Due to his close friends huge influence of Irn Maiden, they decided to strike up an Iron Maiden Cover named Sea of Madness which perfomed live for the first time by coincidence on March 29th 2003 , in other words in Rafael's 15th birthday.

After getting out from High School he started studying at Souza Lima which is one of the most respected Schools in South America, there he studied with several teachers which definitely helped him with his musical development. He took guitar classes with Vandré Nascimento and Márcio Alvez who would teach some basic ideas of country music to him one year later.

Souza Lima was really important to get in touch with different ideas and different styles. One of the most important classes was the classical harmony classes with Ciro Visconti (Diafanes) which introduced to Rafael a whole new world of possibilities and the concepts from Arnold Schoenberg.

After sometime working with music classes (since 2003) and studying another some subjects such as singing with Camila Senne and Piano with Régis Gomide, Rafael was invited to play on Mariutti Brothers' Workshow on August 26th-2006 in Poços de Caldas-MG Brazil.Rafael did the openning show perfoming 3 songs (see the videos on the multimedia section), he also got good comments from everyone in that night including Mariutti Brothers (Ex-Shaaman,André Matos). After this Rafael starts to endorse Avs Bags (www.avsbags.com.br).

In 2007, he decided to start the music college focused on Compostion and Regency at Carlos Gomes University which provides to Rafael a really deep contact with the classical music and different concepts. At the same time he developed the whole idea of the website Guitar Clinic which nowadays has been viewed all over 90 countries becoming a reference for those who want to study guitar online and the website also features interviews with the biggest names of the musical business such as: Vernon Neilly, Chris Dale, Eric Martin, Richie Kotzen, Greg Howe, Kiko Loureiro, Rafael Bittencourt, André Matos Band,Wander Taffo, Ciro Visconti and many others.

To his great surprise during the interview of André Matos band, Luis Mariutti did a great compliment about Rafael's playing and he encouraged people to listen to his work. He also got some great responses of his playing from Eric Martin, Chris Dale, Tomati, Vernon Neilly, Kiko Loureiro,Wander Taffo among others.

In the beginning of 2008, the nineteen year old guitar player gets a proposal from the brazilian dealer of Crafter Guitars and becomes an endorsee of Crafter to use the model named "Crown Dx- 7".

In the end of 2008, Rafael starts transcripting for the very well known brazilian magazine named Cover Guitarra (www.coverguitarra.com.br). Up to date Rafael has transcripted songs from artists such as: Paul Gilbert, Greg Howe, Richie Kotzen, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bon Jovi , Racer X and etc.

On December 18th 2008 , Rafael released his first single named "Don't leave me tonight" (Download for free on the Discography section) which was recorded and mixed at Brainless Brothers Studios by Fábio Ribeiro (André Matos) who also perfomed the keyboard parts. The single was later included in two compilations: Black Records and very special Friends: Vol 1 (2009) and the 2010 upcoming Rock 4 Life which intends to help the PSC partners Seeking a Cure foundation (http://www.pscpartners.org).

To celebrate the releasing of his single, the Sérgio Rosar pickups company (www.sergiorosar.com) released Rafael's signature model named RN-1 in January 2009. A giveaway was promoted and several guitar players from all over Brazil "battled" for a pickup , an interview at Guitar Clinic and a Bag from Avs Bags (www.avsbags.com.br). To check out the application videos, go on You Tube and search: Rafael Nery - Don't leave me tonight.

In 2009, Rafael also returned to his singing lessons with Camila Senne and graduated in musical education at Carlos Gomes University , since he decided to change the course's focus from composition and regency to musical education due to his teacher activities. Rafael also joined a band named Vulcani, but due to be involved in too many things at the same time, he had to leave the band soon after.

Still in 2009, Rafael was chosen between guitar players all over the world to be in the final online of the Guitar Idol competition together with 120 other guitarists. Nowadays, Rafael is endorsed by: Sérgio Rosar Pickups , Avs Bags and G-Lab pedals.

On 29th july, Rafael Nery and Rafael Bianzeno released the Instrumental Ep named Web Experience which came up from an internet partnership (Download for free on the Discography section). The album was mixed and mastered by Dennis Pombo and got a very great response from well known musicians as well as the guitar shred fans.

In January 2010, Rafael releases his first album named Say a Word by the indie record label Black Records. The album features acoustic versions of Rafael's songs and was entirely recorded and produced by him in the second semester of 2009. It was mixed and mastered by Dennis Pombo. Visit www.blackrecords.com.br to know how to purchase your copy.