Help-missing music?!

My iPod is pretty new, I bought it from the the Apple website in September. In the past couple weeks, I've had a bizarre problem...when I turn on the iPod, all my music is missing. No artists, songs, playlists. But however, my photos are still there. So I just hook it back up to my computer and then it's normal for a couple days. Then it disappears again. Has this happened to anyone else?
iPod with color display

Hi,
I've had the exact same problem. I bought my iPod from Apple online in September and the same thing happens. If I use my iPod every day it seems to be ok but if I don't use it for two or three days and then turn it on I have no music, just photo's. So I hook it up to my laptop and reload everything back onto my iPod and it's fine for a day or two and then it does the same thing.
Someone please help!!! It's really annoying, especially as I'm a music teacher and use my iPod to store stuff for use at work.
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