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2. Sign in with your Microsoft account or your
Xbox Live account, if desired, or click Cancel.
Each time you open the Music app, Microsoft
tries to link the Music app with your Microsoft
account or Xbox Live account. Because those
accounts can be linked to a credit card, you need
one of those accounts to buy music.
3. Scroll to the right to sample or buy new music.
The Music app, shown earlier in Figure 6-2, con-
tains several screens, which you navigate by
pressing the right-arrow key or pointing your
mouse to the screen’s right or left edge.
The opening screen shows either pictures of popu-
lar artists or a collage of the music stored on your
computer. In the bottom-left corner, shown earlier
in Figure 6-2, the opening screen lists the last song
you heard. Click the Play button to hear it again.
The second screen to the right, called Xbox Music
Store, lets you listen to song previews from the
latest CDs and purchase the songs if you like. One
more screen to the right reveals Most Popular, yet
another storefront for the latest popular tunes.
4. Scroll to the far left to see and play music
stored on your computer.
To head straight for your own music, scroll to the
far left; there, the My Music screen lists music
stored on your own computer. Click an album’s
tile to see its songs.
To see all your stored music, click the words My
Music at the screen’s top; a list of your music
appears, letting you sort it alphabetically by
songs, albums, artists, or playlists.
5. To play an album or song, click its tile and then
click Play.
Click a tile for an album or song, and the mini-
player finally appears. Depending on the licensing
agreements and your own equipment, you can
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