Trouble transferring songs

Hey i have a problem transfering songs from itunes to my ipod. I have the latest version of itunes (12.1) and ipod 5, ios 8.13. whenever i attempt to manually add songs to my ipod, nothing happens. If i drag a single song under the ipod tab, it does its usual flash, but it never shows up on my ipod or recognizes a transfer through itunes. Is there an option in itunes i might've accidiently pressed that caused this? Im not sure how syncing is, but i dont want to because there are many songs i dont want on my ipod that i have on itunes.

wow.. im having the exact same problem.. like songs I have from CDs that I put on iTunes download perfectly fine.. I did everything possible and it still dosn't work.. if you figure it out let me know i have a post asking pretty much the same question. If you figure it out please tell me what you did. Thanks. My post is: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1704519#1704519

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