Radiohead Will Still Use Labels → Re: Making more money?

How much of that $250K is "funny money"? That is money that the record company "pays" itself (as oppose to others) by playing right-pocket/left-pocket and thus does not actually spend? Are the rates that they claim to charge to record the record (ie: Studio Charges) the same as if the band did the recording themself at an non-company studio or are they inflating the costs? How much of the charges are actual and how much is pure profit? Much of that $250K is phony or inflated charges not real actual out of pocket costs (plus a reasonable profit).

Absolutely, they grossly over charge for studio time, I remember hearing Aaron Lewis lead singer of the band Staind doing a interview on a local radio station complaining about the evils of piracy and how it cost them either $250,000 or maybe it was even a million dollars to record whatever album they had coming out at that time. Unless a lot of that was their bonus, I really don't see why it should cost a band so much to record an album unless they're paying for over priced studio time and an over priced producer among others. Either that or they just really suck and needed a lot of work and "production magic".