Home Sharing with family member?

I am trying to get music from my brothers computer onto my computer.  Can we share music with each other if we each have our own apple ids using Home Sharing?  We do live in the same household and are on the same WiFi network.
Thanks

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Yes you can do that.
Whilst you need to use your own ID's for the iTunes store on each of your devices, you need to use the same ID for home sharing on all devices.
It doesn't matter who's ID you use, but it must be a valid one.

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