Album is 95% finished, what’s next?

The highly anticipated fourth Simple Plan album is after 3 months of recording almost completely finished: the guys have left the Van Howes studios in Vancouvers already a few days ago. Yesterday, Pierre and Chuck flew to the Conway Studios in Los Angeles to meet a certain someone, who’s identity still remains a secret, who will be participating on the new record as a special guest.

The band seems to be really excited about this collaboration. Jeff noted: “You guys will love the new record. Even more after you hear this guest vocal, i’m sure about it.”

After yesterday’s recording, the record should be finished – the next step is mixing and mastering, which are the final parts of a recording process, that make the album even better.

According to the band members, we should be expecting the record to drop out around March 2011. Which means we’re almost there – now the only things left are: figuring out the album’s title, create the album cover and set the release date. How would you deal with the final steps? What should the record be called? What should be on the cover?