GREENSBORO, N.C. – Sunny days are the kind of days Elijah Murphy dreams of.
“I love to play a drum set, however, I live in an apartment and can’t play in an apartment,” said Elijah as he set up on South Elm Street. “But I can play out here.”
Here amidst the constant din of the city sounds, he can drum till his heart’s content.
“I can play as loud as I want and as a long, as I want,” he said as he tries to keep a beat with a passing train. “It’s a competition with me and the train.”
Murphy is a full-time English student at UNCG and playing the drums gives him a break from his studies.
“I was actually inspired to do this by watching YouTube videos,” he said. “I was like if I ever get the chance to do this I want to and I got the chance to do it and so here I am.”
He says his uncle gave him the drums and he got a permit from the city.
“Best feeling in the world,” he says. “To see people smile, nothing better.”
Drumming up smiles and spreading some sunshine of his own.
Story by Chad Tucker
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