Lost music on my itouch!

I was syncing my touch and all the music vanished! The bad part is I'm unable to reload any music from my library. Videos and apps are fine.
Any ideas?

Ok so a few things...
First, do you back up your data? If not, look at this instance as a little example of why you should start.
Next, iTunes creates a back up of all your data on your iPod when you plug it in to sync. You can restore from there. Im not sure if you can restore music...read this article and then let us know.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
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