Stone Mountain resident Selita Boyd said she has wanted to be a professional performer her whole life.

“My mom was a great dancer and sung in the church choir and my dad loved all kinds of music. They were my biggest influences,” the 43-year-year-old said. “That’s where it really kicked off.”

Next month Ms. Boyd’s dream will come through with the release of her first CD, “Spend the Night,” on her own record label Raging Sky Records.

Ms. Boyd’s performing career began as a drum majorette with the Columbia High School Marching Band and school chorus.

After her mother became ill and her father was injured at work, Ms. Boyd had to put her love of music aside to help raise her four younger sisters.

After high school, Ms. Boyd went on to graduate from Georgia State University with a degree in computer technology and went to work with Atlanta-based Southern Co.

In 1993, Ms. Boyd launched Top Notch Recording on Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain. The studio was used by Atlanta record labels, such as LaFace Records, So So Def and Block Entertainment.

At the studio Ms. Boyd decided to pursue her music career by cut-ting a few tracks for her debut album.

However, an increased workload — she had left Southern Co. and was working as a consultant for South Carolina-based company Inspire, developing application forms for insurance companies — kept Ms. Boyd from her dreams.

“I only saw the studio one or two times a week so the songs were not getting down,” she said.

In 2002, Ms. Boyd moved from Lithonia to her current home in Stone Mountain. In her basement she built a recording studio and launched Raging Sky Records. There she continued work on her album and launched her own con-sulting business.

After years of work the album is almost complete and is set for release early next month.

Her family, four sisters and four nieces, are handling all of the al-bum’s marketing and distribution. The CD will be available on www.cdbaby.com.

Ms. Boyd’s recording name is the ConSoulTant, a play off her lifelong career.

Though she said she is excited to see how the album is received, she said she was not giving up her consulting gig just yet.

“I’m anxious to see how every-thing pans out,” Ms. Boyd said. “I have been working on this plan 10 years and I think it’s going to work.”