can't play samples in iTunes store if searched

OK got it. Thanks for your patience with me.

Clever downgrade by Apple. What used to be one clear step now is four with a trick. If there is text in your search bar, that

icon in the upper right is gone. So (for future readers), starting with "Music" (formerly "iTunes") open,

1) Click on iTunes store in the app (lower left)

2) Clear text in the search bar

3) Click on the iTunes store icon in the upper right

4) Then type in your search term

Thank you for your reply Ed. Yes, indeed I am looking in the iTunes Store, having seen a similar response to this question, which has been asked a lot. Well, I click on "iTunes Store" in the left column of the music app window I get the store. Then I can hear samples by clicking on one of the abums that the store thinks I *should* want to buy, and then on whichever tune I want to hear. It's when I use the search option in the upper left, AFTER ensuring that I'm in the store, where the problem occurs. It will find the artist I'm seeking, but then if I click to hear a sample the "Try it Free" Apple music popup appears. No matter how many times I say "Not now", it keeps popping up if I try to play a sample. This is bug-like behavior, but of course I don't know if it's a new "feature", or simply Apple music wanting me to be satisfied wth the choices it has already given me. :-(.