Cannot add playlists

I've got a new iPhone 5 and when I set it up, I created a new Apple ID.
I managed to copy across all my contacts, pictures and all the stuff that was on my old iPhone 4 - apart from the music.
Now it turns out that I have two Apple IDs.
If I try and create a playlist on my iPhone - I can't. I click on 'manually manage music and videos' and I get this message: The iPhone “Nigel Pengelly’s iPhone” is synced with another iTunes library. Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?
So if I sync I lose all my new contacts etc?
How can I create new playlists without erasing my iPhone?

But will I lose all my contacts (the ones I've added recently) and apps.
If I go back to an older ID, I might lose all my recent stuff with the new ID?

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