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The Music of Ball Don't Lie

Making music is one of my favourite hobbies, and so I knew I wanted to have some fun with the 'Ball Don't Lie' soundtrack. Sadly, I ran out of time to make it as good (and as original) as I wanted it to be, but I'm still happy with the result. Here was the process: Creating the Soundtrack. Both tracks were entirely produced on my trusty Roland SP 404 MKII. This is a sampler, and creating the soundtrack solely using sampling was important to me as the technique is a staple of hip-hop, which is heavily intertwined with basketball. My Roland SP 404 MKII Opening Montage For this, I directly sampled Flying Lotus' 'More', looping a one bar section from a version I found with isolated drums in a Vice video . Admittedly, I didn't change much.  First, I added a Warm Saturator to the whole track to make it sound just a little bit beefier and punchier.   I then knew I wanted some effects at the end of sections that acted like fills, and so I went with an isolat

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