I have a hundred-thousand-plus songs — live sets, soundboards, lossless rips, and a pile of formats half my apps won’t open. So I started building the player I always wanted, and I’m doing it in the open.

Here’s what’s already running in testing today: it plays everything, including the SHN and APE files live-music collectors live on. Move a drive or rename a folder and your library doesn’t break. It loads your real plugins — with their own interfaces — right inside the player. It replaces QuickTime. No cloud, no account, no subscription.

Next up is the part that makes tapers tear up: pairing a rough concert video with your pristine soundboard of the same night, locked in sync.

The player — My Pleasure — will be free. A gift, hence the name. If that’s your kind of thing, get on the list.

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