LooPS: Diary of an Indie Band

Ep 36: Jonathan Williams Returns, Story of Cold Brew Jager and Kev’s history acting?!

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 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/3zAFrNkRxLiK8j0Wm13OmX?si=JJ-vbkPbRzy1ERbhdjJpNw Find Jonathan Williams On Social Media https://www.instagram.com/jonathanofficialmusic https://www.facebook.com/jonathanofficialmusic/ Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:44 Storytime in the cold 10:47 Why we waited to release this episode 13:40 What has happened with LooPS so far in 2024? 18:50 What’s next for LooPS & Intro Wrap Up 22:57 Jonathan Williams joins us! 23:36 The LooPS story behind Cold Brew Jager 32:00 What’s new with Jonathan? 37:30 Jonathan is in the acting world 40:03 Kev’s acting history 44:35 Getting inspired by others 52:32 Top 5 Music Movies 55:06 Jonathan’s Top 5 1:12:50 Kev’s Top 5 1:17:03 Jon’s remaining Top 5 1:19:52 Top 5 wrap up 1:21:05 Jonathan’s latest release 1:23:30 Stay with me - Jonathan ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ep 35: 2023 Year In Review!

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/LooPShq 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! Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:44 Recap of 2023 as a whole 6:58 Previous years in comparison to 2023 11:01 January to May 21:07 June to World Record 30:43 One of the biggest fights we’ve ever been in 32:21 News/Media coverage for World Record 37:02 End of July through August 49:28 September to New Year’s Eve 55:39 Getting real about New Year’s stress 1:05:19 Looking towards 2024 1:06:15 Top 5 Goals for 2024 1:06:20 Kev’s Top 5 1:14:01 Jon’s Top 5 1:20:00 2023 Big Takeaways 1:22:27 Wrap Up 1:24:55 Last Goodbye (Unreleased A Capella version) ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ep 34: Guest Anita Hamilton joins us to talk NYE and Top 5 Country Covers to play!

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 Hamilton https://www.instagram.com/anitakhamilton/ 50 Yard Lines https://open.spotify.com/track/7FLj7aRSkPXukwswjjZ9yT?si=02ff87ef31cb46a7 Chapters 0:00 Intro 4:59 What's Coming Up for LooPS 9:30 Candid talk of headlining 18:12 Interview with Anita Hamilton 19:20 Scouting 20:55 Anita's First Show 23:54 Brief history of Anita 33:05 Top 5 Country Covers 34:45 Kev's Top 5 41:40 Jon's Top 5 46:45 Anita's Top 5 55:50 50 Yard Lines Story 1:03:28 Wrap Up 1:05:59 50 Yard Lines (Anita Hamilton) ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ep 33: Your favourite Indie Music Pod is BACK!!

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/LooPShq Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:20 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 LooPS 1:18:56 Wrap Up ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ep 32: Standing Out From The Pack, Booked 2023 Gigs SO FAR & Top 5 Downtime Activities!

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/officialloopsband https://officialloops.com/ Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 1:26 Week In Review 15:20 Standing Out From The Pack 28:40 Gigs SO Far Booked in 2023 35:56 Kev's Top 5 Downtime Activities 54:07 Kev's Top 5 Downtime Activities 1:09:00 Wrap Up 1:14:03 Last Goodbye - LooPS ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.