WRITTEN BY Jenni Rice // PHOTOS BY Leigh McTeer-Shields // DESIGN BY Hayley Gomez
FROM AN OLD DRUM SET TO THE STAGE:
ELLE SADIRA It was just a regular day of babysitting when a 13-year-old Elle Sadira got offered a much more interesting form of payment for her work than money: a drumset. Now 17, Sadira is thriving in her passion for music, and has never looked back. “Around that time it was when I was getting more into bands instead of just pop artists necessarily, so
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that’s kind of what inspired me,” Sadira said. “I was like, ‘I want to start playing an instrument,’ but I wasn’t really focused on a specific one.” So, when the opportunity arose for Sadira to get a drum set and finally start playing an instrument, she thought “it was kind of like fate.” What started as a trick of fate, though, has blossomed into a whole new world and a future career for Sadira.
“It definitely started out just as a hobby, but I’ve fallen in love with it so much and I’m hoping to pursue a career more in the business side of things,” Sadira said. “I definitely am going to keep playing in bands, whether it’s the bands that I’m currently in right now or new ones I form in college or later in life, just because I love getting out there and playing live shows.” As for the bands she is currently a part of, Sadira is
