Twenty One Pilots Ukulele Exchange

Many of you have seen our wonderful Ukulele Wall of Fame in our practice space. We have signatures from ukulele legends like Bill Tapia, Janet Klein, James Hill, and Jake Shimabukuro. I'm really excited to share our latest ukulele autographs from Columbus natives, Twenty One Pilots.

I recently wrote to the management of Tyler Joseph (vocals, ukulele, piano, and bass) and Josh Dun (drummer), the talented duo that are Twenty One Pilots. Their manager, Brad Gibson, is an alumni of UA and his parents still live here. While I have found the ukulele community to be very supportive of the WUO, Twenty One Pilots have set a new standard for encouraging and inspiring young ukers!

Mr. Gibson took the time to call me at school last Thursday, gave us guest tickets to the sold out show, invited us to the after hours reception and even arranged for us to exchange ukuleles with the band. The concert was amazing and their incorporation of ukulele wonderful. The band's generosity was beyond anything I've experienced in the music world.

The WUO will learn House of Gold this year and we will send the band a video of our spring concert.

Autographs from Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun.

Thank you Twenty One Pilots!

Tyler Joseph holding the ukulele autographed by the WUO.