Aligning text animations in a nested comp (imported PSD) to music in the main comp?

I've imported the PSD file as a comp, and made changes to the text animation, but this is now a nested comp, and the music is in the main comp. How do I change the timing of the nested comp while still having visibility of the music track?

You can dock Timeline panels separately from one another and lock viewers to get whatever arrangement you want:
http://helpx.adobe.com/en/after-effects/using/workspaces-panels-viewers.html#viewers
http://aeportal.blogspot.com/2011/04/etlat-edit-this-look-at-that.html

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