Geoff Mayfield Quotations | Page 2

The early adopters are in, ... We'll have to wait to see what it takes to make (digital downloads) a broader mass-market phenomenon.

The Internet is also a helpful promotional vehicle for selling physical albums. It reinforces for people that (an artist) has something new to sell.

I know at least two major distributors think the gap will get wider before the end of the year. There has been softness in the top 10 throughout the year, and in most weeks, it didn't take as much to be in the top 10 as it did in 2004. The music is not connecting with consumers the way it did last year.

By injecting the digital sales into the Top 100 we immediately saw a greater variety of music, especially in the top half of the chart.