LooPS: Diary of an Indie Band

This may have been one of our favourite episodes! We recorded this episode back in the fall and it was waiting for a snowy day. Well, here we are! Jon had to rescue someone out of the snow, Kev was trapped inside and we figured that this was the perfect time for our long overdue episode with Jonathan Williams to come out! Jonathan is a musician & actor out of Vernon, BC and now a three time guest on our podcast! We go in depth about our love of Cold Brew Jager, what Jonathan has been up to recently, Kevin and Jonathan’s acting passion and our Top 5 Music Movies! Listen to the end of the episode so you can hear Jonathan’s latest single release, “Stay With Me” and follow him on his social media (and Spotify) accounts!As always, send us an email to dib@officialloops.com if you've got a guest in mind you'd like us to have on, new music to feature, Top 5 ideas or anything else!Listen to Jonathan Williams on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/3zAFrNkRxLiK8j0Wm13OmX?si=JJ-vbkPbRzy1ERbhdjJpNwFind Jonathan Williams On Social Mediahttps://www.instagram.com/jonathanofficialmusichttps://www.facebook.com/jonathanofficialmusic/Chapters0:00 Intro0:44 Storytime in the cold10:47 Why we waited to release this episode13:40 What has happened with LooPS so far in 2024?18:50 What’s next for LooPS & Intro Wrap Up22:57 Jonathan Williams joins us!23:36 The LooPS story behind Cold Brew Jager32:00 What’s new with Jonathan?37:30 Jonathan is in the acting world40:03 Kev’s acting history44:35 Getting inspired by others52:32 Top 5 Music Movies55:06 Jonathan’s Top 51:12:50 Kev’s Top 51:17:03 Jon’s remaining Top 51:19:52 Top 5 wrap up1:21:05 Jonathan’s latest release1:23:30 Stay with me - Jonathan

From playing on big stages to breaking a world record to seeing Ed Sheeran to winning awards and everything in between, THIS is the 2023 year in review episode! This episode is jam packed with so many highlights, funny moments, highs and lows in the tough times and we finish with our Top 5 Goals for 2024! 2023 was an amazing year and 2024 we know is going to blow it out of the water!Check out our social media links and upcoming events!https://linktr.ee/LooPShqAs always, send us an email to dib@officialloops.com if you've got a guest in mind you'd like us to have on, new music to feature, Top 5 ideas or anything else!Chapters0:00 Intro1:44 Recap of 2023 as a whole6:58 Previous years in comparison to 202311:01 January to May21:07 June to World Record30:43 One of the biggest fights we’ve ever been in32:21 News/Media coverage for World Record37:02 End of July through August49:28 September to New Year’s Eve55:39 Getting real about New Year’s stress1:05:19 Looking towards 20241:06:15 Top 5 Goals for 20241:06:20 Kev’s Top 51:14:01 Jon’s Top 51:20:00 2023 Big Takeaways1:22:27 Wrap Up1:24:55 Last Goodbye (Unreleased A Capella version)

It’s Boxing Day and we are already looking towards New Years Eve! This year we will be joined on stage by a country singer-songwriter, Anita Hamilton, from Vancouver BC! We have an awesome conversation with Anita about her growing up in BC, her first show experience and we all talk about our Top 5 Favourite Country Covers to play (or want to play)! Anita is an emerging local artist and great story teller who has been making waves in the BC music scene. We will also be joined by Malik Manhattan and Heavy Jay on stage at The Commodore on New Year’s Eve. Ticket’s are available in the link below!As always, send us an email to dib@officialloops.com if you've got a guest in mind you'd like us to have on, new music to feature, Top 5 ideas or anything else!Anita Hamiltonhttps://www.instagram.com/anitakhamilton/50 Yard Lineshttps://open.spotify.com/track/7FLj7aRSkPXukwswjjZ9yT?si=02ff87ef31cb46a7Chapters0:00 Intro4:59 What's Coming Up for LooPS9:30 Candid talk of headlining18:12 Interview with Anita Hamilton19:20 Scouting20:55 Anita's First Show23:54 Brief history of Anita33:05 Top 5 Country Covers34:45 Kev's Top 541:40 Jon's Top 546:45 Anita's Top 555:50 50 Yard Lines Story1:03:28 Wrap Up1:05:59 50 Yard Lines (Anita Hamilton)

Oh where, oh where have we been? 2023 turned out to be the most stressful year filled with massive highs, and some low lows. That being said, we are back with more fire and ending 2023 strong! This episode we're talking about all these crazy things we've done in the past year with festivals, awards, a WORLD RECORD and so so much more! We're also talking about our Top 5 Defining Characteristics of LooPS which (surprise, surprise) we have a few of the same answers!We will be featuring different artists on each episode moving forward and NEW you can now watch each episode on our YouTube Channel (@LooPShq). If you want to come chat with us on the podcast, have questions for us or whatever else, send us an email dib@officialloops.com or send us a message on any of our social medias https://linktr.ee/LooPShqChapters0:00 Intro1:20 What's new with the podcast?4:45 What's been going on with LooPS?26:10 What's the next thing for LooPS?39:11 Top 5 Defining Characteristics of LooPS1:18:56 Wrap Up

We are so excited about what we've got in the works we can't contain it all! After a vulnerable episode last week, we're right back up and in great spirits about what's been going on and what we're looking forward to! We chat about the importance of standing out from the pack, our 2023 gig schedule SO FAR and our Top 5 Downtime Activities!As always, leave us a rating and review! Send us your questions, Top 5 Ideas and whatever else to dib@officialloops.com Follow us on social:https://www.instagram.com/official_loops/https://www.facebook.com/officialloopsbandhttps://officialloops.com/Time Stamps:0:00 Intro1:26 Week In Review15:20 Standing Out From The Pack28:40 Gigs SO Far Booked in 202335:56 Kev's Top 5 Downtime Activities54:07 Kev's Top 5 Downtime Activities1:09:00 Wrap Up1:14:03 Last Goodbye - LooPS

Join us this week while we talk about our recent trip to Northern BC, what makes a full time musician, getting in touch with a very cool Grammy winning Mixing Engineer and the Top 5 Favourite Places we've stayed! We've also been getting lots of emails lately, so we apologize for the delay in responses but make sure to let us know you're Top 5's, new music or anything else at dib@officialloops.comTime Stamps:0:00 Intro18:28 What Makes A "Full Time" Musician?45:30 Upcoming Shows/Giveaway!51:19 Top 5 Favourite Places (Hotel/AirBnB)1:19:50 Wrap Up1:23:35 Last Goodbye - LooPS

This is a bit of a longer episode, but filled with awesome content where we chat about the month of January and what's to come in February 2023! We discuss our Top 5 Trips, Jon's near death experience and Kev's CRAZY Florida stories. We've got lots of gigs coming up so make sure to follow us on Instagram @official_loops and Facebook @officialloopsband for dates in cities near you!As always send us an email with your Top 5's you'd like us to do and/or New Music to dib@officialloops.comTime Stamps:0:00 Intro/Month in Review20:26 Gigs Coming Up38:04 Kev's Top 5 Trips1:09:05 Jon's Top 5 Trips1:50:30 Wrap-up1:51:42 Last Goodbye - LooPS

After Jon had his holiday trip to Winnipeg, and then we had an epic New Years Eve show in Nanaimo, we are back with our first show that we have recorded in 2023! We discuss our NYE trip, how the holidays went for us both, how the NYE show was out first SOLD OUT ticketed show and our TOP 5 goals for LooPS in 2023.As always send us an email with your Top 5 picks and/or New Music to dib@officialloops.com Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro5:15 A bit about Kev’s RCMP History10:26 Week in Review36:40 Top 5 Goals for 202353:35 New Years Show!1:01:30 Wrap-up1:03:05 Last Goodbye - LooPS