Read the following scenario:
A music producer is working on producing the first album of a new pop artist. The producer’s record label wants to keep the production costs minimal. The artist’s songs require the use of a band and background singers. Which of the following would best help the producer create a quality album and stay on-budget?
hire a studio band and use digital technology to create the sounds of the background singers
hire background singers and use digital technology to create the sounds of a band
hire a keyboardist and guitarist, but use digital technology to fill in the rest of the sound and have the vocalist record her own background tracks
use digital recording technology and upload recorded tracks into a shared computer file