Music library won't sync

I have a problem. When I first got my iPhone 4 I was syncing it with my laptop, but now my laptop doesn't work all the time so I transferred my music onto my desktop computer and wanted to sync with that but since you can only sync with one itunes library it asked me if I wanted to erase the data and replace it with this other one. So I did and now it won't sync any of the songs and they all have exclaimation points next to them. I have no clue what to do and I am frustrated because now I have NO music on my phone whatsoever. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

You didn't transfer the music correctly or didn't authorize the new computer.

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