As someone who saw this show live several times and just recently saw the 2024 DCI finals, I feel comfortable saying drum corp is going toward the direction of theatrical art as opposed to its typical rigid clean cut and dry “who’s got the hardest and cleanest show” I know that it’s been happening for a while and change takes time, I’ve just noticed a clear difference in sound quality between the top 3 corps from the past few years compared to 5-6 years ago. If you disagree I’d like to talk about it in the comments and what you think is really the defining characteristic of “new age” DCI.
