Music sound gets low while earphones are plugged in.  To fix it I have to slide the music progress bar.

When listening to music with any pair of headphones or earphones plugged in, all of a sudden the volume will get really low for no reason.  Example: say the volume is at 15.  All of a sudden the volume will drop to like a 4, but the volume slider is still positioned at 15.  To fix it, I have to open the music app or control panel, and slide the song progress bar around and then the volume returns to normal.
This is not an issue with the headphones.  I tried twisting and jiggling the jack and there were no changes.  Not even static.  The issue happens with the aux cable in my car as well.  It's also not an issue with the songs.  These are the same songs I was playing yesterday and they are all perfectly fine.
Right now this is happening on my iPhone 5s with the most recent iOS8 update.  I've also had the update for awhile and this has only started less than a day ago.

It sounds like dirt in the headphone jack. I would use a vacuum cleaner to "suck" out any dirt that might be in there. You might also want to look carefully and see if anything in lodged in there.

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