I cannot sync itunes with my iphone 5

I'm trying to edit the music on my IPhone 5. In the past I would have simply selected the artists or tracks I wished to sync and pressed sync. However I'm not finding the option to select the artists anywhere. I've tried deleting all the music from the phone, but that doesn't work either. It keeps reappearing when I go to sync selected artists. I seem to be stuck with what is on the phone.
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks

I'm afraid you may be out of luck
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5337974?tstart=0
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