Only sign artists you really like, give them free rein, have no regard for business..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...gy?INTCMP=SRCH

great read.

"According to insiders, XL refuses to gamble on stuff it thinks could be successful but doesn't like. It encourages staff to continue projects they were working on before they joined the company – writing, promoting, DJing, whatever. And it cedes an incredible amount of control to its artists, the theory being that artists know how to make and market their own music better than anyone else."

cool article.worth reading folks.