Add music to Xbox Music on Windows 8

To add your locally stored music to the Music app in Windows 8, follow these steps:

1. At the Windows 8 Start screen, tap or click the Desktop tile. This will open the classic desktop view.
2. Tap or click File Explorer (the manila folder icon next to the Internet Explorer icon).
3. Under Libraries, tap or click Music.
4. Tap or click Manage on the ribbon.
5. Tap or click Manage Library.
6. Tap or click the Add button.
7. Tap or click the folder where your music is stored, and then tap or click Include folder.
8. Tap or click OK, wait for the changes to be applied, and then restart the Music app to make the new files appear.

Note If your music is stored externally (for example, on a USB flash drive or an external hard drive), you can copy or move the content to any folder that is listed in the Music Library Locations window, and the Music app will then detect the content.
If you have music stored on a network or network access storage (NAS) drive, note that the Music app currently only supports content stored on network shares hosted by Windows operating systems. Windows Search and Desktop Experience features must be installed and Indexing enabled for the share. Once these are installed and enabled, you may have to rebuild the index to have network shares function correctly with the Music app.