HT1535 why are songs coming up with a red square with a circle around it on my i phone

Why are songs on my iphone not playing and have a red square with a circle around it

I had this problem too and my roommate solved it!
Go to 'Settings'
'Music'
Scroll to the bottom and enter your password to log onto your home sharing
Then connect to iTunes and sync!

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Looks like I'm going to have to delete all the songs and replace them into my itunes.
*sigh*
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