Are you still stuck in the 1990’s? Do you only purchase your music on CD? Do you even own an MP3 player? If you haven’t already made the switch to digital, now is the time to start your free music downloads efforts. Here are some reasons why you should convert your music collection into digital files.

First, going digital means you’ll be able to listen to all of the music you love while you’re on your computer. You won’t need that CD player anymore. You can just open up your favorite music player software and listen to all the music you want.

Second, you’ll save a ton of space. One hundred CDs takes up a lot more room in your home than the roughly 1,600 songs they contain would take up on your computer’s hard drive. You’ll be able to fit more music in your life conveniently by choosing this option. Remember most people don’t have room to store all of the CDs they want but almost anyone can have an impressive digital song library.

Third, you don’t have to limit yourself to purchasing whole albums anymore. While it may be considered old-school to buy albums and listen to the whole thing, you do have more options and you should use them. Consider just buying a single track, listen to the song, and if you like it then get the whole album. It just makes smart fiscal sense. Plus, isn’t that how you usually learned to love music? You heard one song that made you want to hear more.