Home sharing wont work on my iphone when closing my mac?!?!

When connect my home sharing on my iphone and have my macbook on it works but once I close my macbook homesharing goes away. WHy is that and can I find a way to always keep it on or atleast have the choice to do so?

I'm afraid that the Mac will need to be on (and awake and with iTunes running) for you to stream from it to the iPhone via Home Sharing.

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