New MacBook Pro - Move Music?

Hello,
I just recently bought my first macbook pro (yay), however i'm having trouble moving files.
The main reason i even use a laptop is for music - which i keep stored on an external drive.
I like the reassurance that, should, my laptop break i have still have all my albums.
However, i am unable to move files from the itunes folder where they automatically save, to the external.
When i try to drag and drop, nothing happens.  i just get a large " X ".
Is there a way for me to fix or work around this?  
i really don't wanna have to save all my music files on the laptop memory!  that would suck. 
Would really appreciate any help you could give, otherwise i'll just call apple tomorrow after work.
Thank you!! : )

FYI
Backing up offloaded files:
You can automatically backup your internal and external drives to a single Time Machine disk. 
Simply plug in the Time Machine disk and then
 > System Preferences > Time Machine > Options… > Remove the offload HD name from the exclusions list.
Now both your system disk and your external offload disk will be backed up onto your Time Machine disk.
Do not offload live files onto a Time Machine disk.  If this backup disk crashes you would lose the live data on it.
For more about backups:
Time Machine Basics: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
Most commonly used backup methods: 
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3045
Methodology to protect your data.  Backups vs. Archives.  Long-term data protection:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6031
PlotinusVeritas gives some great suggestions for purchasing external hard drives in this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5602141?tstart=0

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