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When I think of old Bengaluru, I see an image: Loy Machado walking in and out of Cubbon Park with a guitar and a couple of friends. That\u2019s how music lived then \u2014 not on stages alone, but in parks, bandstands and everyday life. Sundays meant the music strip, the rocks behind Queen Victoria, sometimes a bandstand. People gathered not for spectacle, but for connection. Music was like food \u2014 it had to be instant, live. Even classical music only revealed itself fully in the moment. I grew up in the 1970s, a time shaped by waiting. New music was anticipated, discussed, shared. Listening wasn\u2019t background noise; it was participation. The nights were intense too. I remember the all-night shows in 1976 \u2014 bands playing till morning, people dancing till three, then walking home because there was no late-night transport. Bengaluru was a little big village, but its music travelled far. Nothing captures that spirit better than the Rolling Stones concert here in 2003. Twenty-five thousand people turned up. Then the rain came \u2014 relentless. But everyone danced through it. Even Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were soaked by the end. That night, the city stayed present, together, listening. Today, something has shifted. Not talent \u2014 attention. Phones get in the way. People are physically there, mentally elsewhere. When that happens, the circuit doesn\u2019t complete. Music needs a listener, even if it\u2019s just one. Right now, there\u2019s a shortage of audience. Parks that once hosted jam sessions now allow little beyond walking loops. Still, every Sunday morning at Sankey Tank, a few of us meet to sing. The group hasn\u2019t grown, but the intent remains \u2014 music as a shared act, not content. Once upon a time, this city knew how to listen. Sometimes, it even danced through the rain to prove it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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