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TWENTY ONE PILOTS: STUDIO UPDATE 2

Salutations! (for all of you non-French speakers out there, I think that word directly translates to “friends”) Anyways, here I am for my second ever blog entry. I actually am so new to this thing that I had to look up the word blog to see what it even means. It comes from the term web log. Neat! That’s just me doing research. Regardless, I figured I’d try it out again because I basically tore the internet a new one with my last blog. Enough with all of this serious talk though. Let’s talk about some real matters.

Tyler and I are in our third week of being in the studio here in Los Angeles, and we’re better friends than ever! We are just two guys from Columbus Ohio, so we’re really trying to get used to this whole California thing. I’d say we’re totally fitting in…sunbathing on the pier at the beach with our shoes and socks on, or walking around eating Del Taco everywhere we go. West Coast stuff. We’re practically locals. As far as the studio goes, it has been extremely productive. Working with Greg Wells (our producer) and Ian MacGregor (engineer) has been a total treat. We personally could not imagine anyone else working on this record with us. They are just taking our ideas and using both their knowledge of how to make songs sound incredible and the amazing gear in this studio to get these songs sounding exactly how we envisioned before we even walked in here. We have 7 songs basically wrapped up and are continuing to push forward. Working with our new label, Fueled By Ramen, has so far been great. They have been very supportive of every decision we have made so far. With that being said… one thing we have all decided together, since they like the songs we currently have so much, we have collectively decided to make this album a combination of a handful of songs from Regional at Best and the rest of the songs brand new. Every song is being re-recorded to sound much bigger and better. I truly believe that you will really enjoy how these sound. Other than that, we have just been soaking in the experience. And by that I mean soaking in the hot tub water, the Thai Tea, and just spending as much time as possible with the famous-est celebrities out there today. We really miss our moms, so that’s been tough…but we just drown our sorrows by eating a doughnut, and then we’re fine. Since this has gone on so long, I’m going to log off the internet. But before I go, I’d like to sing you a song. You probably didn’t hear the song I just sang, because this is a blog on the internet, not iTunes, ya goof. Cya, Josh PS working out is going great.

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TWENTY ONE PILOTS: STUDIO UPDATE 1

Well hello. Does anyone ever get stage fright? Well I don’t really….but I do get blog fright. So I’m just going to imagine that I’m just writing this as a letter to my mom. Actually now I’m more nervous. I guess I'l just imagine that I’m simply doing what I did in the old days, which is put my personal ad in the dating section of the weekly local newspaper, because no one ever read that (or at least that’s what I tell myself).

So here we are. Workweek 1 in the studio is about to be wrapped up. That kind of feels weird to say. This “studio” experience as Twenty One Pilots or even as “Tyler and Josh” is a new one. From working in a place other than Tyler’s basement, to working with a producer (not to mention one of the best there is), to recording real live drums (this is a first for Twenty One Pilots), it’s all new. As for all humans, trying new things can usually be pretty scary (okay, I don’t want to short change those who it’s not scary for. IE: Bear Grylls, [probably] Will Smith, my grandma - Eleanor Dun, and that guy from Man vs. Food).

We arrived into Los Angeles on Sunday evening and headed to our apartment for the month. I don’t have much to report on from the first night, simply because I don’t remember anything…we were both pretty white girl wasted the whole time (from pure excitement only). Monday we got in the studio and gave our producer, Greg Wells, a huge hug. We found out right off the bat that he is not a “hugger”. Our day was off to a great start! The first day we recorded everything that needed to be recorded for the first song and it sounded great instantly. Day two, we just built off the first day’s work and just made it sound so much bigger and better than where it was at before. We then moved on to song 2. The only thing that needs to be said about it is….there is an 80’s synth bass line in it, so if you’re a fan of driving fast in a convertible with the top down, or ice cream sundaes, or theme parks with your best friends, or the feeling of 3 days of school canceled in a row, or funnel cakes, or birthdays, or holding hands with someone you have a crush on for the first time, or…..I don’t know where I’m going with this. Hopefully you like the song.

Basically we’re happy about where we’re at, what we have done so far, and excited to keep going and hopefully be a part of the coolest thing we’ve ever done. We’re also most excited about all the Thai Tea. What? You’ve never had Thai Tea? Well, I’m sorry for you.

-Josh (23/m/OH) (this is going in the dating ads, right?)

ps, we’ve also been working out.