Sound Design Breakdown: 2025 Boston Crusaders

Описание: In 2025, the Boston Crusaders captured their first DCI World Championship. Behind the performance was a carefully crafted sound design that helped shape the entire production.

In this video, we sit down with Michael Zellers, sound designer for the Boston Crusaders, to break down the creative ideas, technical decisions, and defining moments that contributed to Boston’s championship-winning sound.

You'll learn:
✅ The design philosophy behind the 2025 production
✅ How electronics supported (not overshadowed) the acoustic ensemble
✅ Key sound moments that changed the trajectory of the season
✅ Lessons sound designers, educators, and performers can apply to their own programs

Whether you’re a sound designer, band director, educator, or marching arts fan, this breakdown offers rare insight into the role sound design plays at the highest level of drum corps.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:28 Overall Concept
1:05 Designing Time & Space
1:53 The "Boom Boom" Percussion Feature
2:35 Heartbeats in the Opener
3:16 Removing Electronics as an Effect
4:11 Ballad Sound Design
5:09 Counting & Tension
6:01 Time Elements Converge: The Interstellar Transition
8:32 Time, Space, & The Final Countdown
11:01 Why & How it Works Live
14:03 Outro

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