I haven't seen anything that would make that seem so. I mean yeah most people would rather just buy songs on itunes and all...but for all intents and purposes the CD is alive and well, and will stay so for a while (Hey...musicians have to release their songs on something haha).
As for me, I love still getting CDs...it's a great chance to check out other songs by a band (or singer)
If CDs are going out of fashion, it's not as much due to itunes/buying mp3s being easier, but rather that you avoid paying for songs that you don't like. Most musicians have gotten a habit of making two hits per CD, and then fill up the rest with a bunch of, well, crap. Buying the songs in digital form means you don't have to buy those eighteen songs that are crap, and can keep the two that aren't.
I still buy CDs, though. I don't have an ipod or anything that allows me to play mp3s properly without headphones (my computer does not have that strong speakers), so if I am going to listen to music at home, it will have to be from CDs. I do, however, not buy music that often, because the stuff I have access to is utter crap, and the stuff I want, I don't have easy access to.
CDs aren't out of style I think, I got a ipod that I mostly listen to but I still love having CDs to play in the car on long drives and they are also good gifts if ya now the person well.
but rather that you avoid paying for songs that you don't like.
Ya. That would be the main reason.
Honestly I still mostly buy CDs unless I only want 1 song by that person. Having a CD is helpful because what if ITunes got hacked or something and you lost all your songs. For me it is always good to have a hard copy.
Also, it's easier to go on iTunes and buy things there.
If you have itunes or even support what they are doing. I would rather support amazon, to be honest. Or Spotify, as GoM mentioned. I approve of Spotify. Doesn't make my computer speakers any better anyway.
If CDs are going out of fashion, it's not as much due to itunes/buying mp3s being easier, but rather that you avoid paying for songs that you don't like. Most musicians have gotten a habit of making two hits per CD, and then fill up the rest with a bunch of, well, crap. Buying the songs in digital form means you don't have to buy those eighteen songs that are crap, and can keep the two that aren't.
Most people buy an artist's CD because they love that artist and there songs.
I myself do not buy CD's since I have a 32GB iPod which can store a ton of songs on it and it has a DJ Mixer App so I can make my own mix's from bought songs...
I still buy CD-R (hard to find now) for my compilations. I have a CD player that I like a lot and still use. My favorite hobby is to buy used vinyls and digitize them with my ION turntable. I remove the scratches, background noise and my recordings sound perfect 90% of the time because I'm good with audio editing.
I still prefer CDs over downloads (and vinyl over CDs). With the downloads, it's convenient and all, but the fact that they are MP3 files means that the sound quality is reduced. On CDs the quality is better (at least I believe so) as they use AAC audio files. Plus, I just like having the physical copy of the item, in case something were to happen to the files. I would go on about vinyl to, but irrelevant to the thread.
I still buy CD's whenever I get the chance! I have a huge collection and still try to expand it whenever I can, but that's proving to be increasingly difficult nowadays... shops tend to disgard CD's and fill the gaps with computer games or other stuff. =/
It's (sadly) indeed a slowly dying media, but it will never completely vanish in my opinion! There are bound to always be music collectors around that want to have something to physically hold in their hands and place in a player of some sort and that's something that MP3 can never replace!
