ITune Match download issues. Stuck.

I downloaded iTune Match yesterday and it seems to be permanently stuck on song 3180 of 3800. Not moving forward, not doing anything. I did restart the process with the exact same result. OSx 10.9.3  update on iTunes.  I did go to iTunes store to see if I could edit iTunes match but it's not even highlighted so I can't turn it off and turn it back on again (as suggested in another thread)
What next?

Hi,
There is an ongoing problem with match at present.
Contact support with your problems https://getsupport.apple.com/Issues.action. Select connecting and downloading then iTunes Match.
Jim

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