I forgot to ask: by bouncing off do you mean that you try to burn the songs by simply inserting a CD and drag-and-dropping songs into it? If so, then I hope that you kept iTunes since it allows you to burn music CDs (and .mp3 CDs) in a much faster way: say, you want to burn a playlist you just created. All you have to do is click the Burn at the top right of the window and then insert a CD when you are asked to.
I don't know if you've already tried this, so that's why I'm telling you. If , by any chance, you did try it, then post back and I (and many others) will try to figure something out.