All purchased music missing from library on my mac. can't find most files on my hd either. help

I switched from a computer to a mac in the fall. ever since some of the music in the library couldn't be played due to the file could not be located error. upon getting a new iphone a couple of days ago, i now no longer have any music at all in my library, nor are the files anywhere on my hard drive. do I have to download all previously purchased songs again? thanks

Time to start fresh anew, since it seems you may have really mucked up the library.
Hold down option key while you click on iTunes. Then chose NEW LIBRARY.
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