I just bought a new mac and want to transfer my old files. I haven't had any luck with migration. any ideas?

I have not been able to recover any of my files, primarily my music. I tried using migration and I still havent been able to find it. I used an external hard drive to back up using TimeMachine. any ideas would be great

There are a lot of unknowns here.
Is the old computer a Mac?
Did you manage your music through iTunes?
If the old machine was a Mac and you use iTunes you should be able to look on the old external drive for a folder called Music. Inside is a folder called iTunes. Copy that folder to the same location on the new computer and your music should be restored. You may have to reauthorize the machine for the music to show up.
You may also just have to open iTunes on the new machine and drag that old iTunes folder onto the music list in the new iTunes and the files may start importing.
A good place to start is http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

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