I can't import my Mp3 files

I'm coming from a PC over to Mac. I have a whole bunch of MP3 that I played on my PC but when I try to import them into iTunes on my Mac nothing happens. No errors or anything, just nothing happens.
Here is what I've tried. I took a thumb drive and copied some of the songs on to it. I created a folder called Music on my Mac HD. I then tried simple importing into iTunes by going to File | Add to Library | selecting my files | click Open. No errors, no messages....but the files don't show up in my iTunes Music Library either.
I then tried copying them directly to the Macintosh HD | Users | My User | Music | iTunes | iTunes Media | Music | Artist folder. Same thing, no errors, no message, no files copied.
Any suggestions? I'm extremely frustrated with this. My frustration level is already high because of the differences between PC and Mac. This is only making me question my jump to Mac even more. At least on a PC I would get an error message so I would have some kind of clue as to what the problem is. Mac, I get absolutley nothing.

The headers on the problem tracks may be corrupted or nonstandard. This can happen with some MP3 conversion or import utilities, and iTunes is very picky about headers. If you search the web for "mp3 repair" you'll find a number of repair tools. Here is a one I've seen mentioned:
Mp3 Validator Mac version
I haven't tried it myself, not having ever had problem MP3s, so I can't attest to how well (or indeed if) it will work, but it would be worth a try.
Note that just dragging tracks to the iTunes folder will not add a track to iTunes. Other than the Automatically Add to Library folder, iTunes has no folder-watching capabilities.
Hope this helps.

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