Music won't play and is flashing?

My iPhone is flashing and generally acting strange. I have noticed since trying to play music - the screen is jumping around/flashing and flicking from song to song?

Yes, as a matter of fact I did. Hopefully it will work for you and others as well. The trick is you must have a backup dated before you did the update.
I fixed it reliably with these steps below (on both my iPad retina lte 3rd gen and my iPhone 4S):
1. Have a backup dated BEFORE the update (preferrably by several days).
2. Apply the update to 6.0.1
3. Observe your music not playing for unknown reasons.
4. Do not break your device in frustration or switch to Android.
5. Restore your iThingy using the backup you made prior to applying the update in step 2.
6. Your music should now play, after it finishes downloading.
Note that I did this all over the iCloud. I have not tried it with direct or wi-fi sync. Your mileage may vary.
cheers,
joseph

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