Stopping or Playing AVAudioPlayer From Another Class - App Crashes - Swift - ios

I have an AVAudioPlayer set up in my AppDelegate to play on startup. It continues playing throughout the app, but when I try to stop or play the player in a different class, the app crashes with EXC_BAD_ACCESS on that line.
AppDelegate.swift
import AVFoundation
#UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
var window: UIWindow?
var path = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("backgroundMusic", ofType: "wav")
var soundTrack = AVAudioPlayer()
func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: NSDictionary?) -> Bool {
soundTrack = AVAudioPlayer(contentsOfURL: NSURL(fileURLWithPath: path), error: nil)
soundTrack.numberOfLoops = -1
soundTrack.volume = 0.35
soundTrack.play()
return true
}
OtherClass.swift
func aFunction() {
let appDelegate = AppDelegate()
appDelegate.soundTrack.stop() //Here is where the app crashes. Same with .play()
}
Thanks for any help!

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