Only some music syncing?

Hi, I’ve recently had a problem syncing my iPad with music I already have on iTunes (some purchased from ITunes and some not, built up over the years). I want to have all my music (the ones ticked in iTunes) on the iPad but it just doesn’t seem to be transferring them across, with only some of them now appearing on my iPad?
Not sure why? This has only happened recently, not sure whether this is as a result of updating to IOS 8.02 on the iPad?
I've already tried deleting all music from the iPad and reloading from my PC, but it still keeps happenening?
Any thoughts.

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

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