Music App Freezes After 4.1 Upgrade

I recently upgraded my 3GS to 4.1, and I am now experiencing an issue whereby the music app (the ipod?) would freeze if I do any other activity while playing music
For example: I'm listening to music, and a phone call arrives. After hanging up the call, the music starts to play again, but then stops and the music app freezes. Or, I am receiving and sending text messages while the music is playing, then the same thing will happen. Or, if I open another app while listening to music.
The phone itself won't freeze, but I can no longer play music, and selecting the music icon just displays a white screen. After a few seconds, the music app closes and I return to the home screen. To make the music app work again, I have to reboot the phone.
Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround?
Thank you!

I have the same situation here. The files in questions are the no-longer sold iTunes store file format of M4P. Most likely it will have to be addressed in a future upgrade.

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