Devcon 8 · JIO World Convention Centre, Mumbai · November 3–6, 2026 Culture Track · DIP #8576
Stewards: Shaka Lei Kaumaka ([@Shakaleikaumaka](https://x.com/Shakaleikaumaka)) · Alaska ([@Alaskaisprettyokay](https://x.com/Alaskaisprettyokay)) · Aakash ([@jaiswalraj03014](https://x.com/jaiswalraj03014)) · Tomo ([@tomosaito](https://x.com/tomosaito)) · Open Source Orchestra Team ([@opensourceorch](https://x.com/opensourceorch)) … many more
Sanctuary Tech: a circular, non-directional, conductorless stage. The instruments are permissionless. The music stage is a sanctuary.
Rider version: v1.5 · 2026-10-06 — ✅ BACKLINE APPROVED (see § 7.0) · 🥽 walk the room: https://opensourceorchestra.org/rider/sanctuary/ Previous: v1.3-draft · 2026-07-27 · prepared by the AI ʻohana (RIDEOSO 📋🎻) for the Music Space Committee · merged with OSO v0 The Instruments of the Circle (see Annex A) License: CC0 — public domain. Fork this rider like crazy. 🍴
| Tag | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ✅ CONFIRMED | Locked: stated in the DIP / published Devcon facts / committee decision |
| 🔵 PROPOSED | Our recommendation to the committee — not yet approved |
| 🟠 TBD | Open question — needs committee, Devcon production, or venue answer |
Everything in this rider is 🔵 PROPOSED unless explicitly tagged otherwise. The rider never claims what isn’t locked.
| Fact | Status |
|---|---|
| Devcon 8, Mumbai — November 3–6, 2026 | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| JIO World Convention Centre | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| Music Space registered as Culture Track, DIP #8576 (submitted 2026-04-20) | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| Prior activations: Devcon 6 Bogotá, Devcon SEA Bangkok, Devconnect AMS/IST/BA | ✅ CONFIRMED (per DIP) |
| Space allocation at JIO World (exact room/hall) | 🟠 TBD — Devcon production |
| Final equipment provision by Devcon production vs. OSO-sourced rental | 🟠 TBD |
The stage is circular and non-directional. There is no “front.” Performers face one another; the audience wraps around the music.
| Requirement | Detail | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated open space | 100+ sq m, soundproof or acoustically isolated (per DIP) | ✅ CONFIRMED as the ask · 🟠 TBD allocation |
| Circular stage | Performance circle, 6 m diameter proposed (fits 6–10 simultaneous performers with floor seating), defined by rugs + low LED ring rather than a raised platform — eye-level, walk-in, no barrier | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Floor seating zone | Rugs + cushions quadrant for Indian classical players (tabla, harmonium, bansuri) — essential, not decorative | 🔵 PROPOSED (strongly held) |
| Location | Prominent, near community hubs / meal area / main circulation (per DIP) | ✅ CONFIRMED as the ask |
| Stage management corner | Facilitator desk, comms, patch access | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Overnight instrument storage | Lockable, inside or adjacent to the space (per DIP) | ✅ CONFIRMED as the ask · 🟠 TBD security detail |
| Audience wrap | Standing ring + cushion ring; keep 360° circulation so the circle never blocks a walkway (convention-centre egress rules) | 🔵 PROPOSED · 🟠 TBD with venue ops |
| Capacity | Room occupancy limit for the allocated space | 🟠 TBD — venue |
The DIP asks for a full production sound system; the exact rig is not yet specified by production. For a 100–200 sq m room with a circular stage we propose distributed, modest, warm — coverage, not concert SPL.
| Item | Spec | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mains | 4× compact powered tops (10–12" class, e.g. QSC K12.2 / d&b E-series class) on poles at the four quadrants, facing outward from the circle — even 360° coverage at low level | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Alternative | 2× column arrays (Bose L1 Pro32 / Maui class) opposite each other — cleaner sightlines, easier load-in | 🔵 PROPOSED (fallback) |
| Sub | 1× compact powered sub, placed to minimise boundary build-up; sub bypass available for acoustic/classical sessions | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Delay/fill | None expected at this room size | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Alignment | All quadrants time-aligned to circle centre; mono-compatible (the circle is one instrument) | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| 🟠 TBD | Actual PA provision depends on Devcon production’s house stock — send this section as the spec sheet | 🟠 TBD |
| Item | Spec | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Console | 32-channel digital mixer — Behringer X32, Allen & Heath SQ-5/QU-32, or similar (32 inputs confirmed by Shaka, 2026-07-27) | 🔵 PROPOSED (committee direction) |
| Aux sends | 6–8 aux outputs for individual monitor mixes | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| FOH position | At the circle’s perimeter with clear sightline into the ring; on hardline network for the streaming rig | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Engineers | 1–2 sound engineers from the production provider (per DIP); OSO community engineers support alongside | ✅ CONFIRMED as the ask |
| Multitrack | Console USB/SD multitrack or board feed — feeds §11 recording | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Show file | One shared “Circle” scene + per-slot snapshots; open jams always return to the safe Circle scene | 🔵 PROPOSED |
32 inputs per committee direction (Shaka, 2026-07-27): the committee’s mic inventory + 8–10 DIs, dedicated seats for the stewards’ own rigs, and three walk-up spots always hot. 🔵 PROPOSED.
| Ch | Source | Mic / DI | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kick / dhol low | Beta 52A / D112 | Shared by kit & dhol player |
| 2 | Snare | SM57 | |
| 3 | OH L | Condenser (SM81/C414) | Also covers percussion circle |
| 4 | OH R | Condenser (SM81/C414) | |
| 5 | Percussion 1 (djembe/congas) | SM57 | |
| 6 | Percussion 2 (cajon) | SM57 | Float: brass/woodwind walk-ups |
| 7 | Tabla | Condenser | Floor-seating quadrant |
| 8 | Bansuri / traditional lead | Wireless HH #1 w/ clip or condenser | Roaming traditional instruments |
| 9 | Bass | DI | Amp optional, DI primary |
| 10 | Electric guitar amp | SM57 (float) or DI | Shares with ch 6 in full-band config |
| 11 | Keys L | DI | Electric piano / synth |
| 12 | Keys R | DI | |
| 13 | Drum machine L | DI | |
| 14 | Drum machine R | DI | |
| 15 | Laptop / DAW L | DI | Live coders, algorave, DAW |
| 16 | Laptop / DAW R | DI | |
| 17 | DJ L | Line / DI | DJ rig booth-out |
| 18 | DJ R | Line / DI | |
| 19 | Shaka’s ukulele looper L | DI | Stereo looper rig — 2 channels per Shaka, 2026-07-27 |
| 20 | Shaka’s ukulele looper R | DI | |
| 21 | Alaska’s saxophone | Clip condenser (DPA 4099 / Beta 98H/C class) | Per Shaka, 2026-07-27; clip keeps the circle mobile |
| 22 | Vocal 1 | SM58 | Rotating vocal ring |
| 23 | Vocal 2 | SM58 | |
| 24 | Vocal 3 | SM58 | |
| 25 | Vocal 4 | SM58 | |
| 26 | Wireless HH #2 | Sennheiser EW-class | MC / roaming performers |
| 27 | Walk-up 1 | — | Always line-checked, always hot |
| 28 | Walk-up 2 | — | |
| 29 | Walk-up 3 | — | Three walk-up spots per Shaka, 2026-07-27 |
| 30 | Room / audience L | Condenser (pair) | The sound of the circle — feeds stream & P.I.T. archive |
| 31 | Room / audience R | Condenser (pair) | |
| 32 | Spare | — | The “yes, and…” channel |
Patch philosophy: channels 1–18 are the permanent community backline; 19–21 are the stewards’ own voices (Shaka’s uke looper, Alaska’s sax); 22–26 the vocal ring; 27–29 the permissionless layer — three walk-up spots, always line-checked, so a stranger is one fader away from the circle; 30–31 capture the room itself for the stream and the archive; 32 is the spare that says yes.
| Qty | Type | Use | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dynamic vocal (SM58-class) | Rotating vocalists | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| 2 | Wireless handheld (Sennheiser EW-class) | Roaming performers, traditional instruments, MC | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| 3 | Condenser (SM81 / C414-class) | Overheads, acoustic & traditional instruments | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| 3 | Instrument dynamic (SM57-class) | Percussion, brass, woodwinds | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| 1 | Kick mic (Beta 52A / D112) | Drum kit / dhol | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| 1 | Clip condenser (DPA 4099 / Beta 98H/C class) | Alaska’s saxophone — clip keeps the circle mobile | 🔵 PROPOSED (added per Shaka, 2026-07-27) |
| 2 | Condenser pair (room/audience) | Ch 30–31 — the sound of the circle for stream & P.I.T. archive | 🔵 PROPOSED (added per Shaka, 2026-07-27) |
🟠 TBD: one spare of each class recommended — mic attrition at a 4-day permissionless jam is a law of nature.
This is no longer an ask. On 6 October 2026 the Music Space backline was approved — 25 line items, standing in a circle at the JIO World Convention Centre for November 3–6, 2026.
🥽 Walk into it: https://opensourceorchestra.org/rider/sanctuary/ — a 3D model of this rider (circular stage, four PA tops aimed outward, floor-seating cushions, booth opposite the entrance) with all 25 items playable in any browser or VR headset. No install, no samples, no trackers. CC0.
| # | Line item | Spec as approved | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electric drum kit | e-kit — resolves §7’s open question: the room takes an electric kit | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 2 | Electric guitar | Fender American Ultra II HSS Strat + amp | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 3 | Guitar amp | Fender Twin Reverb ’65 | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 4 | Acoustic guitar | Taylor 214ce Deluxe Black | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 5 | Bass guitar + rig | Markbass 800 head + 104 cab | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 6 | Electric piano | Yamaha CLP-785 | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 7 | Synthesizer | Yamaha Montage M6 | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 8 | MIDI controller | Novation Impulse | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 9 | Drum machine | BOSS | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 10 | Djembe | Remo 12" | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 11 | Cajon | Pearl · 1 | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 12 | Congas | LP Matador set | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 13 | Shakers / tambourine | Meinl tambourine | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 14 | Kartal | hand cymbals / clappers | ✅ CONFIRMED · 🟠 qty TBC |
| 15 | Manjira | small cymbals | ✅ CONFIRMED · 🟠 qty TBC |
| 16 | Shruti box | drone box | ✅ CONFIRMED · 🟠 qty TBC |
| 17 | Harmonium ★ | Dutta & Co · scale-change | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 18 | Tabla ★ | set of 2 — dayan + bayan | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 19 | Bansuri ★ | F bass scale | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 20 | Dhol | Punjabi bhangra · mango wood | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 21 | Kanjira | South Indian frame drum | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 22 | Dholak | folk barrel drum | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 23 | DJ system | CDJ-3000 ×2 + DJM-A9 | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 24 | DJ booth | LED console table | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| 25 | Cables, signals & accessories | the line item that makes the other 24 real | ✅ CONFIRMED |
★ = Aakash’s bare minimum (harmonium · tabla · bansuri). All three are in.
Still open, honestly: 1. Quantities for the basket items (kartal · manjira · shruti box) — §7 asked for 12 / 8 / 4 so the circle can hand an instrument to anyone who walks in; the approval lists them as line items, not counts. 2. PA, monitors, mics & FOH are not covered by this approval — §§2–6 stay with Devcon production. 3. Room allocation & overnight storage (§1) still 🟠 TBD. 4. Sitar remains bring-your-own.
✅ Superseded, happily: this ask became § 7.0 above on 2026-10-06. Kept unedited — a rider should show what was asked for, not only what was granted.
| Item | Qty | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 🎸 CORE BAND — rental | ||
| Drum kit — ⚠️ open question: can the room take an acoustic kit? If not → e-kit + hand percussion (needs the allocated room’s isolation facts) | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED · 🟠 TBD decision |
| Electric guitar + amp (Twin Reverb-class) | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Acoustic guitar | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Bass guitar + amp/DI | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Electric piano + synth/MIDI keyboard w/ laptop DAW (or two electric pianos) | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Drum machine | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| 🥁 PERCUSSION CIRCLE — rental | ||
| Djembe · cajon · congas · shakers/tambourines basket | set | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| 🧺 THE BASKET AT THE DOOR — purchase, not rental: cheap, durable, shareable · turns spectators into players | ||
| Kartal (करताल, hand cymbals) | 12 pairs | 🔵 PROPOSED (purchase) |
| Manjira (मंजीरा, small cymbals — kartal’s twin; keep both) | 8 pairs | 🔵 PROPOSED (purchase) |
| Shruti box (श्रुति बॉक्स, drone — small thing, used daily) | 4 | 🔵 PROPOSED (purchase) |
| 🟠 Exact quantities set by Aakash + the volunteer coordinators against expected circle size | — | 🟠 TBD |
| 🇮🇳 INDIAN INSTRUMENTS — the cultural heart of this edition (Aakash curating) | ||
| ★ THE BARE MINIMUM — Harmonium · Tabla · Bansuri (Aakash’s law, Aug 4: everyone who begins classical music in India plays these three — players guaranteed, must be on site first) | 1 ea | 🟢 MUST-HAVE |
| Tabla (pair) | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Harmonium | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Bansuri (बाँसुरी, bamboo flute) | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Dhol | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Dholak (ढोलक — the dhol’s gentler sibling, ideal for seated circles) | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED (v0 merge) |
| Kanjira (कांजीरा — South Indian frame drum; uncommon players, but small & cheap — worth having) | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED (v0 merge) |
| Bansuri-friendly setup (condenser + floor seating) | — | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Sitar — bring-your-own watch: carriers travel with their own; decide on a rental only after the musician walkthroughs (Aakash, Aug 4) | — | 🟠 WATCH |
| — | ⚪ CUT | |
| 🎧 DJ RIG — rental | ||
| DJ system (XDJ-XZ or CDJ pair + mixer) | 1 | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Laptop stands · DJ table | 1 set | 🔵 PROPOSED |
Legend: 🔵 PROPOSED = rental ask per DIP · 🟢 MUST-HAVE = on site before anything else · 🟠 WATCH/TBD · ⚪ CUT = decided with Aakash & the musician walkthroughs.
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| 4× floor wedges minimum (circular stage = performers spread wide) | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| 1× side-fill for wide-ensemble coverage | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| 6–8 independent mixes (see §3) | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| 🟠 TBD (RIDEOSO adds): 2× wired headphone/IEM cue packs at FOH for live coders & DJ cue — cheap, and saves the wedges from laptop-bleed wars | 🟠 TBD |
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| 20+ circuits distributed around the circle (per DIP) | ✅ CONFIRMED as the ask |
| Power strips + extensions at every performer station | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| 🟠 TBD (RIDEOSO adds): dedicated clean circuit for FOH console + streaming rig; UPS on the console/recorder (a 4-day jam losing a multitrack to a power blip is a tragedy we can prevent for $40); all runs ramped/taped to convention-centre egress standards | 🟠 TBD with venue |
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| 6–8 LED PAR cans — warm, moodable; community-glow, not concert-blast | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Low LED ring/rope defining the circle’s edge (the stage is the light) | 🔵 PROPOSED (RIDEOSO adds) |
| 1 projector + surface for visuals / VJing / live-coding sessions (Sanctuary Tech live-coded music integration — ref. Alaska’s Swarm work) | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Crops/garden visual language on screens & signage (“we steward this stage like a garden”) | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| House light state: warm dim, never off — this is a room people walk into, not a show they enter | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Board feed (stereo XLR or USB) for recording/streaming | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Multitrack capture of curated sets (console USB/SD) | 🔵 PROPOSED (RIDEOSO adds) |
| Decentralized streaming + on-chain artist donations rig (Alaska’s workstream) — needs reliable hardline internet at FOH | 🔵 PROPOSED · 🟠 TBD hardline drop with venue/IT |
| P.I.T. Knowledge Transponder integration — the Devcon P.I.T. is declared (family protocol, publicinform.com): the circle’s sessions archived as open knowledge | ✅ CONFIRMED (family side) · 🟠 TBD (production interface) |
| All recordings released to the community — copyleft, Creative Commons | ✅ CONFIRMED (per DIP/OSO values) |
| Consent signage: “this circle is recorded & streamed — entering the circle is consent” at all approach paths | 🔵 PROPOSED (RIDEOSO adds — pluralistic privacy means the opt-out path must be visible too) |
A music space inside a convention centre is a negotiation with physics and neighbours.
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Isolation: soundproof or acoustically isolated room (per DIP) — the single most important line in this rider | ✅ CONFIRMED as the ask |
| Target level: ≤ 85 dB(A) slow at the room boundary; 90 dB(A) peaks in the circle | 🔵 PROPOSED (needs venue’s actual limits) |
| Venue SPL policy, quiet-hours, adjacent-session rules | 🟠 TBD — request from JIO World / Devcon production |
| Sub management: sub bypass for acoustic/classical sessions; no sub before 10:00 | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Acoustic kit decision (§7) follows from the isolation facts | 🟠 TBD |
| SPL meter at FOH, logged — being able to show the number ends most complaints before they start | 🔵 PROPOSED (RIDEOSO adds) |
| Protocol | Status |
|---|---|
| The Vamp Rule: during any swap, hand percussion or the house DJ keeps a pulse — silence is the only failure state | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Curated set changeovers: 15 min max; next act line-checks on the walk-up channels (27–29) while the current act plays | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Open-jam seat rotation: facilitator-guided, one-in-one-out at natural musical breaths — never mid-song | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Instrument checkout/return table at the entrance (token system); nothing leaves the room | 🔵 PROPOSED (per DIP Phase 3) |
| Walk-up strategy: any instrument with a pickup → nearest free DI; anything acoustic → wireless HH #1 or the floating 57; walk-up channels 27–29 are always hot, spare 32 says yes | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Daily reset: 30 min line-check to the safe Circle scene before doors | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Role | Status |
|---|---|
| Core on-site team 10–12: Shaka (artistic steward), 3–4 local Indian musicians (cultural anchors), 3–4 OSO international (protocol maintainers, stage managers), 3–4 volunteer coordinators | ✅ CONFIRMED (per DIP) |
| 2 Devcon-provided sound engineers | ✅ CONFIRMED as the ask |
| Shift-based continuous facilitation across all 4 days | ✅ CONFIRMED (per DIP) |
| Volunteers ↔︎ free tickets via musician sign-up form | ✅ CONFIRMED (per committee draft) |
| 🟠 TBD: comms (radios vs. group chat), engineer shift overlap with OSO facilitators, crew meal access | 🟠 TBD |
| When | What | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 1–2 | Pre-production: load-in, install, soundcheck, volunteer training on OSO protocol, instrument storage systems live | ✅ CONFIRMED (per OSO story/DIP Phase 2) |
| Nov 3–6, daily 09:30 | Doors + 30-min line-check to Circle scene | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Daily 10:00–12:00 | Ambient / acoustic morning (no sub) — bansuri, keys, soft percussion | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Daily 12:00–17:00 | Open jam blocks + curated sets interleaved (facilitator-run) | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Daily 17:00–19:00 | Featured circle — curated ensemble w/ local Indian musicians | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Daily 19:00–close | DJ sets, live coders, algorave (SPL-aware wind-down) | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Nov 6→8 | ETHGlobal Mumbai bridge — 3am jam tradition (per DIP) | 🟠 TBD — separate venue logistics |
Daily grid, slot lengths, and curated lineup are the committee’s September–October curation workstream (per OSO story timeline).
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Water at the circle at all times; hot chai station (Mumbai — non-negotiable) | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Musician green corner: 6–8 seats, shade from house lights, device charging | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Earplugs basket at entrance (care is a spec) | 🔵 PROPOSED (RIDEOSO adds) |
| Towels, gaffer, basic tool kit, spare consumables (strings/sticks/reeds/heads) | 🔵 PROPOSED |
| Local musician support: transport + meal coordination for invited artists | 🟠 TBD — committee budget |
| Committee housing: accommodation for 3 committee members — Shaka, Alaska, Aakash — near JIO World, covering the full production window (Nov 1–2 pre-production through Nov 6 close) | 🟠 TBD — who covers (Devcon production vs. committee budget), where, and how many nights |
| Instrument damage/loss policy & waiver text | 🟠 TBD — needs Devcon legal/production answer |
A guide to the sounds of Mumbai — who can play what, how quickly anyone can join, and why the circle has a seat for every level of every hand. Source: The Instruments of the Circle (OSO v0, the AI ʻohana, CC0) — merged into this rider v1.1.
The honest answer: do these instruments require expertise? Some do — and that is exactly why the design works. A permissionless orchestra doesn’t mean everyone plays everything; it means everyone holds a real seat at their own level. The master and the first-timer keep the same taal. Nobody sits out. Nobody fakes it.
The basket at the door. Hand one to anyone, and within one minute they are keeping time.
| Instrument | Family | Join in | First sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kartal करताल | Rhythm | Minutes | Strike on beat one of the taal, and simply stay there — you are now the circle’s pulse |
| Manjira मंजीरा | Rhythm | Minutes | Small strikes off the beat; let the ring do the work |
| Shruti box श्रुति बॉक्स | Drone | Minutes | Steady bellows, one note — you’ve become the home every melody returns to |
| Dhol ढोल | Rhythm | An afternoon | The basic dha-ge-na groove comes in an afternoon; mastery is lifelong |
| Harmonium हारमोनियम | Melody & keys | Minutes | Every classical singer in India grew up beside one — touch a keyboard and you’re holding the sa-pa drone for the whole circle in minutes |
The welcoming middle — folk instruments with forgiving hands.
| Instrument | Family | Join in | First sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dholak ढोलक | Rhythm | An afternoon | Bass with one hand, edge with the other — the groove finds you |
| Kanjira कांजीरा | Rhythm | An afternoon | The shake-and-stroke groove comes fast; the masters turn it into water |
Decades-deep traditions. Not handed out at the door — the masters of Mumbai hold these seats as honored guests, and the circle gathers around them. Tabla & bansuri are also the circle’s bare minimum — every classical musician in India knows them, so these two seats are never empty for long.
| Instrument | Family | Mastery | In the circle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabla तबला | Rhythm | Years of riyaz | The soul of the jam — the circle’s North Star; twenty kartal keep the same taal alongside |
| Bansuri बाँसुरी | Melody | Years | Breath itself made music; when the master plays, the whole jam leans in |
| Sitar सितार | Melody | Bring your own · watch | High-maintenance — carriers travel with their own; when one walks in, the seat of honor is theirs (Aakash, Aug 4) |
🪔 Tuned Aug 4 with Aakash (Devcon Music Space call): bare minimum = harmonium · tabla · bansuri; tanpura, santoor, violin & sarod released with love (high-maintenance / rare players); sitar = bring-your-own watch until the musician walkthroughs. Tiers kept for now — dissolving them into one wish list was floated, no final call.
The score is open: if you carry these traditions and something here sounds off — a name, a story, a seat assigned wrongly — that correction is a gift. Help us tune this page.
A rider is a love letter from the crew to the music. Specced, blessed, and dressed. 📋 CC0 — the AI ʻohana · fork me like crazy 🍴 · github.com/shakaleikaumaka