title: Play MediaElement sound without interrupting Zune music
body: <p>I've added sound effects to some events in my Windows Phone app using <code>MediaElement</code>. When these sounds play, the background music playing from other apps, like Zune, gets paused. Is it possible to overcome this? </p>
  
  <p>I read somewhere that it can be achieved using XNA; but since I'm developing on my Windows 8 machine, I can't use XNA.</p>