XNA MediaPlayer Issue - xna

Question

I have the following code in Draw() in Game1. However, the Music only plays when I'm pressing the close button for the program. Where should I be putting MediaPlayer.Play() if not there? normS, fastS, slowS, and playing are all Song types. If you need me to clear anything up, just ask.
if (stateS == "normal")
{
if (!MediaPlayer.Equals(playing, normS))
{
playing = normS;
}
spriteBatch.Draw(norm, pos, Color.White);
}
else if (stateS == "fast")
{
if (!MediaPlayer.Equals(playing, fastS))
{
playing = fastS;
}
spriteBatch.Draw(fast, pos, Color.White);
}
else if (stateS == "slow")
{
if (!MediaPlayer.Equals(playing, slowS))
{
playing = slowS;
}
spriteBatch.Draw(slow, pos, Color.White);
}
MediaPlayer.Play(playing);

Answer 1

Is there a particular reason why you need to have the songs play out of the Draw method? Draw should be reserved for drawing things.
Like user1306322 said in the comment above, I would recommend moving the
MediaPlayer.Play(playing);
into the Update method, and wrap it in a conditional (so you dont just keep playing a new song every update, which I think is what is happening for you now since clicking and holding the Close Window x stops the updates. You could try this by dragging the window around as well):
if (!MediaPlayer.IsPlaying)
{
MediaPlayer.Play(playing);
}
If necessary, you can leave the rest of the code in Draw, but most likely this whole thing should go in Update.
edit I just realised you may not have a conditional on this because you want to be able to change the song at any time. In that case, you should set a variable to hold your "Last Song", so you can compare it in your conditional like this:
if (MediaPlayer.IsPlaying == false || playing != lastPlaying)
{
MediaPlayer.Play(playing);
}