Aaron Saye, Seventh Circle Music Collective
The following interview is with Aaron Saye and was conducted via text about 7C on 08/11/2021: Eddie: Hey Aaron, should we go for it? Aaron: Sure! Eddie: So firstly, what was your entry point into the DIY community? What was your introduction? Aaron: ah, cool! The first truly DIY shows I went to were in 2005. There was a spot called the Fallen Skate Warehouse at 22nd and Lawrence, where the people who were renting the place had built a bunch of huge skate ramps and bowls inside this half-block-wide warehouse, and they threw shows there. The first time I saw a band there, they played on a stage made of wood pallets stacked on top of beer kegs. It was great. I started going to local punk shows there, saw a lot of touring bands play there throughout 2005 as well, and when it got shut down at the end of 2005 and my friends’ show that was supposed to happen there got moved to someone’s basement, that was my first house show. The person whose house hosted that last-minute show started th...