r/DIYemo

I am a guitarist in a diy emo band from Tremonton Utah (about an hour north of slc) and we have been having a fairly hard time booking any legit shows (For context we have done three house shows in tremonton and one at black lung society, a venue that is a little north of slc, all of which getting very small turnouts of around 10 people) The main two ways I have seen bands start building a presence in the slc emo scene are 1: having house shows until they build a big enough presence to start getting on legit bills and 2: getting on a bill from being friends with already established bands. The first method is one we have tried, but we have found it to be ineffective because bands from salt lake are usually less willing to play a show a hour north that will most likely get a bad turnout. As for getting on bill for being friends with some of the other bands, we do know quite a few people that are involved in the scene that have said they would be willing to do shows with us. The issue is that it seems like none of them are really in the position to get us on a bill, or are understandably not prioritizing getting us on one. Just wondering if anyone has any advice for what we should be focusing on to get ourselves out there a little more. Thank you!