The Rise Of The MP3

The year is 2013, and access to music has never been easier – you need only look to the iTunes Store to see a wealth of music at your fingertips, while the likes of Amazon, eMusic and 7digital also provide huge catalogs of MP3s that can be downloaded in seconds.

More often than not, these digital albums will come with additional bonus tracks or extra features that you might not get on a standard CD, adding a further incentive to go digital.

Spotify has revolutionized things even further, allowing you to stream millions of songs instantaneously, while Soundcloud and Bandcamp make it incredibly easy for artists to share their music with their fans, either for streaming or free/paid download.

And for the unscrupulous among you, there's always Bit-torrent. It seems that we're moving into an era where the concept of a 'record collection' is becoming a thing of the past – replaced with vast libraries of digital music.

So, where does this leave the humble CD? While the feeling of physically owning an album hasn't lost its charm, let's be honest – more often than not, we'll simply rip our CDs straight to our PCs or laptops, ready to be transferred to an MP3 player or phone.

For day-to-day usage, the convenience of being able to carry thousands of songs in our pockets trumps the romance and tactile nature of any physical format. If you've been collecting music for a while, you may have amassed a large amount of increasingly redundant CDs – perhaps you've been wondering what the hell you should do with them all?

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Luckily, musicMagpie is here to help. They'll gladly take all those old CDs you've got lying around the house and give you cash for them. Picked up a digitally remastered version of a favorite album on iTunes? Type the barcode in to the musicMagpie website and you're on your way to making some money back on your old CD version.

Got a bunch of CD singles that you could quite easily replace with that new singles compilation you've seen on line? Scanning their barcodes with the musicMagpie mobile app makes it dead easy to find out what they're worth. Seen a new digital deluxe version of an album you bought earlier in the year? Send it off to musicMagpie free of charge and get some cash back for it.

However extensive your collection is, musicMagpie can take care of it. They'll take anywhere from a minimum of 10 items, all the way up to 500 (if you've really got a lot of de-cluttering to do!) - and if you've got more than 25 items to sell, they'll come pick them up from your house, free of charge!

Getting paid for your old CDs is easy too, with the options of bank-transfer, cheque or e-voucher available. Or alternatively, you can make a charitable donation to a number of charities selected by musicMagpie – not only will this make sure that money goes straight to a good cause, it also saves you from lugging dozens of CDs down to your local charity shop!

So, if you're looking to embrace a digital future, or simply want to make things a little tidier around the house, then give musicMagpie a look – getting cash for your CDs couldn't be easier.

Faizan Ahmad

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This article is posted by Faizan who is the Author and Founder of TechSenser. He is a Professional Blogger from India and a passionate writer about Technology, Gadgets, How-to-Guides, etc. You can connect him on Google+.