LOS ANGELES - It used to be that a record store was the place to hang out for music lovers. But now, more than ever, we get our music from a virtual world, alone at our desks.

Ann Donahue, from Billboard Magazine, "It might be the beginning of the end for the CD format...especially since young people are so much more attracted to buying their music digitally."

Last year, nearly half of all teenagers bought Cd's and overall DC sales dropped 19%, while online sales shot up 21%. In fact, for the first time Apple's Itunes beat out Best Buy to become the second most popular music seller in the U.S. Wal-Mart is number one.

Although, some music stores like California-based Amoeba are still thriving, they're among a dying breed.

Fans will tell you, there's nothing quite like being able to thumb through the music at a store like Amoeba, an yet, in 2006 alone, some 800 music stores went out of business across the U.S.

That's a disappointing trend for music lovers.

Marc Weinstein, Amoeba Co-founder, "people still are longing for the experience obviously...and there are a lot of things that they get out of the deal that they can't possibly get online. Mainly, kind of a sense of community where everyone who’s into music are all here and who knows you're going to run into and who you're going to meet behind the counter."

For a lot of young people, Ann Donahue, says "they just want the music and they want it quick. While they don't have the experience of hanging out at Tower, they can hang out at Myspace."

So start saying good-bye to touching your music or studying the album art. But, don't throw them away. They'll probably be collector's items someday.