Can I transfer my music (including non iTunes purchases) from a single laptop to my iPhone without using iCloud in Lion?

Before the upgrade I had 25+ GB of music on my iPhone. Now when I sync, it takes a long time to "restore" the music on the iPhone but it reads as "no content" when done. The usage bar for the iPhone in iTunes reads that the phone has 25+GB of "other" data. Most of my music is from CDs and not from the iTunes Store. Is it now "iCloud" or nothing if you want music on your phone?
Any device to device work arounds?
Dave

I went to Apple Care with this question after a month went by with no posts here. The answer is yes, you don't have to go through the Cloud to get music on your devices. In fact Music Match is not available to libraries with more than 25000 titles. For those of you experiencing what I mentioned above the solution is to backup your contacts, mail, photos etc. that are on your phone, (the tech at Apple directed me to do this to the Cloud), then "restore" the iPhone to its factory settings and import the backup. The restore button is in the opening window when the iPhone is connected in the iTunes program.

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