My ipod shuffle cannot hold any other music. i have meditations on there and wanted to add new music. i 'restored' it and now can't remember how i initially set it up. can you help?

i tried to erase my ipod shuffle. i clicked 'restore' and was asked questions that i have no answers for. i don't recall getting a 'disk' when i bought this. can you please help?

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