Cannot add new songs in iTunes 9 after switching to media organization

Hey all, I'm using iTunes 9 and can't seem to add any new mp3s to my library. I've always had iTunes manage my library files and it keeps the mp3s in the default location (~/iTunes/iTunes Music). When I try to add mp3s, I see the error:
'Attempting to copy to the disk "" failed. The required folder cannot be found.'
I can still listen to all of my other music and my iTunes library folder is still intact. I just can't seem to get rid of this problem... I checked the permissions on all the folders and it's all kosher. I even tried rebuilding my iTunes library but still no dice.
The only change I made recently was to use the 'Upgrade to iTunes media organization' feature so that I could use the 'automatically add to itunes' folder. Does anybody have any guesses why that might trigger the error I'm getting?
Thanks!
David

After much fiddling, I discovered that this was caused by an alias inside my iTunes Music folder called “Music,” which simply linked back to the iTunes Music folder itself. This must have been causing iTunes to not be able to find the correct place to put its files. Simply removing this alias fixed the problem for me.

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