That’s right…we made a podcast!
Check out the LooPS podcast series!! Each week Jon and Kevin talk about their experiences in the music industry as an Indie Band, with tips and tricks for the indie musician out there while entertainining with their unique personalities and chemistry! They have treated this podcast as a personal “accountability journal” in that they candidly share their experiences, good and bad, throughout their journey. Most recent episodes include a guest that LooPS have worked with, brought on to share their own experiences with the listeners and discuss the industry with the guys. Guests also bring a song that they want to promote to the audience, and the weekly Top 5 segment where the duo and their guest give their top 5 choices on a weekly topic, are always an enjoyable insight into the minds of LooPS.
For further information or to submit your own music to be shared and discussed on the podcast, please contact dib@officialloops.com
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JAN 26, 2024
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!
JAN 9, 2024
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!
As we did not have a guest this week, we chose to give a sneak peak of our next release which is the Acapella version of Last Goodbye. Find that at the end of the episode if you want to hear it before anyone else!!
DEC 26, 2023
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!
DEC 18, 2023
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!
MAR 13, 2023
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!
MAR 04, 2023
Ep 31: LooPS gets REAL, A HUGE announcement & Top 5 Non-LooPS related things we're looking forward to!
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, write us a review, leave a rating, send your questions and Top 5’s to dib@officialloops.com
FEB 20, 2023
Ep 30: What Makes A ``Full-Time`` Musician, Northern BC Trip & Top 5 Favourite Places We've Stayed!
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 your Top 5’s, new music or anything else at dib@officialloops.com
FEB 01, 2023
Ep 29: Top 5 Trips, Jon's near death experience and Kev's CRAZY Florida stories!
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!
JAN 09, 2023
Ep 28: New Years Recap, Top 5 Goals for 2023
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.
JAN 04, 2023
Ep 27: The Table Analogy, Top 5 Moments of Fall 2022 & New Years Eve may be saved!
This week (recorded on Dec 20 but not released until the new year as Jon went to Winnipeg), 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.
DEC 20, 2022
Ep 26: Welcome Back PART 2, BC Tour & Last Goodbye: From Creation to Recording!
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!
DEC 20, 2022
Ep 25: Welcome Back PART 1, 3 Months Recap & Top 5 Moments of the Fall
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!
SEP 2, 2022
Ep 24: We have some BIG news, Top 5 achievable goals by 2023 and recap of August!
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 or not, so the biggest of thanks are in order for all of you!We are absolutely honoured to have 3 From The Bay back with their song, Slow Motion, which we teased a few months back. We also get into our Top 5 Achievable Goals to hit by the start of 2023! Leave us a review and a 5 star rating wherever you listen to this episode!
AUG 9, 2022
Ep 23: Jonathan Williams (Guest), Top 5 Artists/Producers to spend 24hrs in a studio & Our biggest Jäger hurdle is revealed!
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, but are beyond excited to share short clips from “Stay” and “Untethered”. We also share stories from all of our pasts, dreams for the future and what our Top 5 Artists/Producers (past or present) we’d like to spend 24hrs in the studio with!
JULY 23, 2022
Ep 22: Bonus episode with the one, the ONLY, Seb!!!
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!
JUNE 30, 2022
Ep 21: Kev's out in Ontario, Jon's Solo Show & Top 5 Favourite things about playing live music!
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!
JUNE 30, 2022
Ep 20: Review of 2022 SO FAR!
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!
JUNE 23, 2022
Ep 19: Our show at The Roxy, Chasing Dreams & Top 5 Gear for New Musicians!
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. Shoutout to Alena for helping us fact check during this episode as well!
JUNE 10, 2022
Ep 18: 3 gigs/3 cities/36 hrs, top 5 tips for new musicians and the evolution of Jon promoting the band!
After the busiest 36hrs 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!
MAY 26, 2022
Ep 17: Top 5 GOATS, Kev’s Got Some News and A Fight Broke Out During A Show!
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!
MAY 18, 2022
Ep 16: Jon’s Big Golf PAYOUT, Top 5 Stadiums/Arenas, Limited Edition Merch!
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 again to our listeners for always adding great suggestions for Top 5’s and New Music, email us at dib@officialloops.com with your picks!
MAY 04, 2022
Ep 15: Top 5 Podcasts, Keepin’ It Real and why Kev HATES whispering!
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!
APR 27, 2022
Ep 14: Jon got attacked, Kev’s Fitness Routine & Our Top 5 Favourite Bands!
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!
APR 19, 2022
Ep 13: Kev's Crazy Road Trip, Overrated Musicians & Jon’s Great Golf Round!
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!
APR 11, 2022
Ep 12: Why you’ve gotta fake it till you make it, Jon’s new place and GOLF IS BACK!
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 bucket list 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 downtown Vancouver BC! (tickets in our event page)
MAR 22, 2022
Ep 11: Work & Life Balance, Top 5 Favourite Songs We Play and Kev's Been Grinding!!
This episode we talk about the important of balancing life and work as well as what it means to balance our shows! We also chat about our Top 5 Favourite songs that WE play, hear about our most recent golf adventure and hear how Kev’s been grinding hard to keep us chugging along!
MAR 14, 2022
Ep 10: Personal vs. Business, Top 5 Guitarists and Jon doesn’t know who???
This week we’re talking about our experiences with learning about business vs personal relationships. We chat in depth about the value of separating the two and ensuring that you do so in the correct manner. We also discuss our Top 5 guitarists of all time as well Kev mentions a specific guitarist that Jon has never heard of before…
MAR 1, 2022
Ep 9: Top 5 Golf Moments, Album Release Update and our RED Flags???
We told you we would be random with our Top 5 Segment. As avid golfers in our free time, this ep we discuss each of our Top 5 Golf Moments we’ve ever experienced. After a 2 week focus on the Album Release Party, we are back promoting indie artists with some amazing New Music! We also chat about our Album Release Party this past weekend and we ask the big question, Do we have RED FLAGS??? (and we tell you who we will listen to if we do)
FEB 21, 2022
Ep 8 (Part 2): More stories and insights from creating our self titled LooPS debut album!
This is Part 2 of Episode 8! When we ended part 1, we were talking about Kev’s Top 5 LooPS moments making the album. In this episode you’ll hear Jon’s own Top 5 moments, as well as lots more stories and memories from how the album came to be! For new music this week, to celebrate our debut 11 song album, we had to select the album “LooPS” as our collective choice!! Enjoy…
FEB 21, 2022
Ep 8 (Part 1): Stories and insights from creating our self titled LooPS debut album!
This week we’re doing things a bit differently which is why we broke it up into two parts. We’re still chatting about our weeks and what’s going on, but the main theme will be our debut album which comes THIS FRIDAY, February 25th. Stories from the writing process to recording in the studio to where we’ll be taking it this year.
FEB 14, 2022
Ep 7: Jeremy Kneeshaw (Guest), Top 5 Music Performances and Tickets Are Going Fast!
This week we’re beyond stoked to be chatting with BC Musician, Songwriter and Producer: Jeremy Kneeshaw! We’ll be hearing about his life in the BC Music scene, 3 of his songs he’s released and Jeremy joins us as we all share our Top 5 Music Performances of all time!
FEB 7, 2022
Ep 6: Top 5 Olympic Moments, Record Sales and Album Release Party tickets are available!
Always the perfectionists, we fine tuned our Top 5 segment, listen to hear how it changed for the better!! Together we discuss our Top 5 Olympic Moment’s, record merch sales from our last show and our Album Release Party tickets that are on sale this week! Of course as always we have our new music segment too, featuring a couple BC indie acts!
JAN 31, 2021
Ep 5: Motivation, Overcoming Challenges and Jon's Top 5 Music Movies!
This week we’re talking about creating structure and motivation when overcoming tough time toughs and “lulls” as a full time artis. We discuss our upcoming 2nd single release and as always we talk about our New Music of the week and our Top 5’s (including a fun top 5 music movie list)
JAN 24, 2021
Ep. 4: Some BIG news, a brief history of LooPS and what makes a great song!
This Episode we’re talking about our BIG news from this past week, what makes a great song, as well as talking about why we called ourselves LooPS!
JAN 17, 2021
Ep. 3: Productivity, Jon's Top 5 Music Venues & Teamwork
Teamwork and productivity are a theme of this weeks episode!! As always we review our week past, discuss our new music of the week, Top 5’s (including Jon’s top music venues) and 2022 goals!
JAN 10, 2021
Ep. 2: Spotify playlisting, Jon's Top 5 Performances and an Indie Music Throwdown!
This week we’re talking about our week in review and new music of the week features two successful Indie Bands. This ep’s Top 5’s include Jon’s personal music highlights and Kev’s favourite sports comebacks!
JAN 4, 2021
Ep. 1: Intro, 2021 Recap and Podcast Launch!
Welcome to the Diary of an Indie Band podcast! We’re your hosts, Jon Fennell and Kevin Roy from the BC band LooPS. For our first episode we’re talking about our 2021 year in review and why we started this podcast! Each episode we will have a couple weekly segments, we both bring a new music song to the pod to share, and we both pick a “Top 5” list of a random topic. Enjoy getting inside the minds of LooPS, which is filled with tips, tricks and stories about our journey as an Indie Band!