Why can't I add music to my ipod after a system restore?

A little more info on what went down, went to charge my ipod said couldnt find it and had to do a system restore. Did that, but when the back up part started, gave me some weird error msg. Help would be nice. Thank you!

Was there just a bad network conneciton that you had? Sometimes that is the issue. If you do gain access to iTunes via your iPod again, you can go to the iTunes Store App > more > purchased > music > and then 'Not on this iPod'

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