Well, autographed CDs are something that have proven to be very popular, for the major reason that they allow people to touch greatness, musically speaking, for a brief moment. For those people, they are able to be in the presence of someone that they greatly admire or love, even for a moment, and the autographed CD proves that.



Whether it is Mariah Carey, Fats Domino or Led Zeppelin, we all have different musical tastes and different music is going to mean different things to us. A particular band or singer may have helped us through a dark time, or perhaps they are associated with a happy moment in our lives. Whatever place they hold in our lives, we are always looking at ways in which we can meet the people responsible for those happy memories, and we want a way to prove to ourselves that the meeting actually happened.

With an autographed CD, you have hard proof that for a brief moment of time, you stood with those you admired, long enough for them to take the time to sign something for you, which you now show off proudly.

Autographed CDs have become symbols of honor for us. They are badges that we proudly show to anyone who may come by our house. We show them as a way of validating our own existence because, for a time, we were in the presence of someone famous and they signed something for us. For many, they then feel a kinship with the singer who autographed their CD, making it something that lives on, even after the singer may have died.

Another reason that people choose to have autographed CDs is because it allows them to have some sort of financial security later in life. For example, if you have a copy of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band with an autograph from John Lennon, it would be worth a fortune these days.

While most people will get autographed CDs as a way of holding onto a touch of greatness, others are only in it for the money. They will hold on to the autographed CD until the time is right to sell, which they do, making a huge profit.

As can be seen, autographed CDs mean different things to different people. To one person they are a message from an idol, to others they are a remembrance of something special, while some see it as nothing but money in the bank.

It doesn't matter really why you have an autographed CD, what matters is that you have something that shows you are a part of something more, and you have a connection, however small, with someone who matters in our current definition of the term. If you have an autographed CD, for whatever reason, cherish it, because it is something special.