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 gu...

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...

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...

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...

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 ques...

We have some BIG news! As we've teased over the most previous episodes, we are attempting a Guinness World Record in Summer 2023! This has been a LONG time coming and has had a lot of people working tirelessly to make this happen! We also get real with the stress that's been going on in the world of LooPS and talk about our Top 5 Non-LooPS related things we're looking forward to in 2023! As always...

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.com...

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 u...

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@officialloop...

This week, we're talking about our favourite moments of the fall 2022, Jon's going on a trip and we may have been able to salvage our New Years Eve Show! We also talk about one of our favourite analogy's which is called the "Table Analogy" which is the parts of the table that support one another and are absolutely crucial to have in the music industry. As always, send us your New Music, Top 5 Idea...

Our BC The Next Single Tour was by far the hardest and most rewarding thing we've done to date. Listen to us talk about how it came to be, WHY we decided to do it and what the next one may look like. We also talk in depth about our next single, Last Goodbye, and the story of how it was written to where we got the final product! Leave us a review and make sure to send your Top 5 ideas, New Music or...

It's been a while, but we're back! We explain why there was a delay in episodes and why we had to restart the podcast. Also a recap of the fall which was highlighted by our BC Tour and in the studio recording our next single, Last Goodbye. We will get more in depth about both of those in the next episode but we're stoked to be back and excited to get the podcast going once again! Leave us a review...

We've had a super busy month! It's felt like forever since we last recorded an episode but do we ever have stories to share! The BIGGEST of which was our award that we won for Best Band/Singer from the Kamloops This Week, Reader's Choice Awards! Thanks to everyone that voted for us and for those that helped push us along when times were tough. Every single person has helped us whether they know it...

We are so stoked to have Jonathan Williams on our podcast this week! He’s an incredibly talented musician who has hit the 2022 running! You may recognize the name from previous podcasts where we’ve featured his music including “One of those days” and “Signs”. Now, Jonathan is preparing to hit the stages this fall and has new music on the way. Unfortunately we can’t play the entire songs just yet,...

In this episode we've got an AMAZING guest! Sebastian is a funny, smart, strong upcoming YouTuber, artist and overall awesome kid! Also known as Kevin's son, this is a fun episode which is different than other episodes as we get into the mind of Seb! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode was recorded earlier in July but as with lots of other things, got pushed aside until we found time to get around to it! BUT it's a great episode where we chat in depth about the future of LooPS, our goals and what exciting things are coming for the rest of 2022. We also have the amazingly talented Jonathan WIlliams' song, Signs, as our feature for this week! Let us know your thoughts...

This is a bonus episode so it's a bit different than normal. Rather than have our regular structure, we decided to do a recap of our year so far and sharing stories from along the way. Remember to send us an email at dib@officialloops.com with your Top 5's and New Music choices! Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 44:55 Wrap up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been a while since this podcast was recorded, but finally here it is! Sometimes things get put aside and it takes a while to get it done, but it eventually gets there! In this episode we share our experience playing one of the best music venues in BC, setting goals & chasing dreams as well as Top 5 Gear for New Musicians! We've got some amazing music from Cec Lopez and 3 From The Bay. Sho...

After the busiest 36 hrs LooPS have had yet, they are back with the closest thing yet to one of their motivational convos! Requested by a listener, the guys each give their Top 5 tips they have for musicians who are just starting out, and new music includes a band who the boys will be sharing a show with at the legendary Roxy Cabaret in Vancouver on June 11th! As always send us an email with your...

Join us in our conversation about what’s new in the world of LooPS as well as what we’ve been up to in our personal lives! We get into a good discussion about our Top 5 sports GOATS, a fight that broke out during a show and some amazing music from The Headphønes and Greta Van Fleet! As always send us an email with your Top 5 picks and/or New Music to dib@officialloops.com New Music: The Headphønes...

Beyond chatting about music and what’s been keeping us busy, we open up about some other stresses that have been going on in our lives. We also share our Top 5 Stadiums/Arenas that we want to see a game at. This was a very specific request so we condensed it as much as possible to make it make sense in this description! We also have some amazing music from Angela Verbrugge and Bran Sanders! Thanks...

In this episode we chat about why Kevin absolutely HATES when people whisper, why there may be some new (and improved??) music coming from our live performances and our Top 5 favourite podcasts. Featuring incredible music from Gabriele Catoni and The Headphønes, this episode features lots of laughs, stories and updates along the way! New Music: Gabriele Catoni - Courage https://open.spotify.com/tr...

This week we’re hearing Jon’s crazy story where he got attacked on the golf course, how Kev’s been on a fitness hunt since the start of 2022 and we have some amazing music from Lost Lonely Souls and the first ever podcast returning artist: Evil Tongues! New Music: Lost Lonely Souls - Fools Gold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcELb6VvCoQ  (Music Video) https://open.spotify.com/artist/63Ej7BAM...

We had an absolute wild week! From 3 gigs in 4 days to Kev's wild road trip adventures to Jon's amazing golf round we've been busy to say the least! Our Top 5 Overrated Bands/Musicians drew in a lot of controversy (between ourselves) and we have some amazing music from SG Forland and Gabriele Catoni! New Music: SG Forland - The Ballad of the 12th Symphony https://open.spotify.com/track/2PPdBLZfgBe...

WE ARE BACK! After a brief two week hiatus we are back talking about our favourite things: Music and Golf. We also talk about Jon’s new place and how we both got sick with multiple gigs to play. The Top 5 this week we pick our bucketlist golf courses we’d like to play, and hear some new music from BC musician, Matthew Presidente, who we will be playing a show with this FRIDAY, April 15th, in downt...