And the parents - they just light up. She got a little taste of what it would be like to be Selena. They're singing the newest and hottest hits. Once a vocal is recorded to the accompaniment, Bollinger goes to work editing the track digitally, using a computer interface method that can adjust key, length of song and tempo, among other things. The price includes mixing and mastering, processing, art and a single copy of the CD to take home.
Additional copies are extra.
She and her mother, Karen Donaldson, designed the cover themselves. Focusing on pre-production as they did saves a lot of time, Bollinger said. Singers can then invest more money in the final product - concentrating on vocal delivery, for instance, or getting more CDs and tapes. Warren paid for the project herself with earnings from her summer job at Arbor Associates, an opinion research firm where she conducted patient surveys. That's an important element, so you want quality printing.