DJ sets & rare songs gone because of itunes match

I;ve tried searchign for answers on this matter and come up hopeless! I have lots of dj sets and rare songs, and the whole point of getting this subscription for me was to not have to delete them. Now it seems they are gone. My phone is plugged into itunes right now and when i go into "my phone" the songs are there, but when i go into my music on my phone, they're gone. I'm not sure what to do!!
Also, if I add new music (new djs sets and things that wont be able to be matched) will itunes now automatically delete them?? I'm really sad about this.vice
When I got the service it said it uploads the ones that it cannot match, as is. That didn't seem to happen here. Please please help!

Hi,
Was the music in your iTunes library on your computer? Do you have a back up of your music?
Jim

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