Storage is full but I can't remove anything from my iphone 5s

Hi there. I just upgraded to an iPhone 5s (16GB) from an iPhone 4 (16GB). While still using the iPhone 4 I enabled iCoud and iTunes Match and synced them across all my other devices (iPad and PCs). Now when using my iPhone 5s I constantly receive a message stating my storage is full (this didn't happen on my iPhone 4). When I sync my iPhone 5s to iTunes (version 12.0.1) it shows me that I have +7GB of music on my phone and +2GB of photos on my phone. However, because I have iCloud and iTunes Match enabled, I cannot locate any physical files on my phone in order to delete them. Has anyone else come across this issue, or have useful suggestions on how to fix the issue? Is there a trick to locating the files that may actually be physically on my device? Thanks for your help!

Sorry everyone, but with a bit more digging I was able to solve the issue. However, after locating the rouge music files, now iTunes shows I have +8GB of "other"! I think I've found some advice on getting rid of most of the "other" stuff. Sorry for the post...I should have done a bit more research before posting.

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