Why won't my iTunes library sync to my new iPhone 4s?

I recently got a new iPhone 4s and I tried to sync my music from my iTunes library onto my music library on my 4s. But when my laptop said the sync was complete I checked my 4s and my music wasn't there. I then went to the iTunes store on my 4s and tried to download all of my songs from there but again, I checked my library and it was empty. My iTunes is updated to the newest version and my songs transfer onto my iPad right away with no problems so I don't see why there is a problem with my iPhone. I have tried manually putting the songs on my iPhone but that didn't work either. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know as this is a very annoying problem.

Hello, lmd2015.
When receiving a sync session failed to start alert, I would recommend closing all open applications in multitasking, power cycling the device and restarting iTunes. Attempt the sync again after processing these steps.
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Cheers,
Jason H.

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