Adding music from another source to itunes - won't allow me to add to playlist

I have tried to add music from another source - namely a hard drive onto my itunes playlists... which I could do before subscribing to the cloud, but now I can't - I get an error message saying that the playlist will be deleted, and all music has to be "compatible" meaning, bought from itunes.
is there any way around this ??
thanks for any help offered

Hi AT2013,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below may be able to help you with this issue.
Click on the link to see more details and screenshots. 
iTunes: About the Add to Library, Import, and Convert functions
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1347
Cheers,
- Judy

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