Scamming in the Music Industry.

I've heard stories about things like this before, but considering the source, this is probably pretty accurate. Steve Albini is a well-known Sub Pop producer (having worked with pretty much everyone - including Nirvana, Pixies, Fugazi, Leftover Crack, etc...) as well as founding member of Naked Raygun, so I imagine he's been around the block a few times when it comes to the music industry.

He is currently most active as a record producer, but he dislikes the term and prefers to be credited as recording engineer (if the record company insists on any credit at all; Albini is comfortable with receiving no credit). Contrary to common practice, Albini does not receive royalties for anything he records or mixes: he charges a flat daily fee when recording at his own facility, but uses an admittedly somewhat arbitrary sliding scale when recording elsewhere.
-Wikipedia.org

The article itself is just okay, but the break down in thebox at the end is fascinating.

http://www.arancidamoeba.com/mrr/problemwithmusic.html