diff --git a/app/listen/[collectionid]/page.tsx b/app/listen/[collectionid]/page.tsx
index bde2712..1b545f0 100644
--- a/app/listen/[collectionid]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/listen/[collectionid]/page.tsx
@@ -9,22 +9,21 @@ export default async function ListenByCollectionID({ params }: { params: { colle
     if (!id) return <NotFound />
 
     const controller = new MusicController();
-    const result = await controller.getByID(id);
-    if (!result) return <NotFound />
+    const collection = await controller.getByID(id);
+    if (!collection) return <NotFound />
 
-    // const path = S3Service.asEndpoint(result.pathtoentry);
-    const entries = await S3Service.getURLs(result.pathtoentry);
+    const trackList = await S3Service.prepareTrackList(collection.pathtoentry);
 
     return (
         <div>
             <header>
-                <h1>{result.name}</h1>
-                <p>{result.shortdescription}</p>
+                <h1>{collection.name}</h1>
+                <p>{collection.shortdescription}</p>
             </header>
 
-            <p>{result.longdescription}</p>
+            <p>{collection.longdescription}</p>
             <Suspense fallback={<p>Loading...</p>}>
-                <AudioGallery urlList={entries} />
+                <AudioGallery trackList={trackList} collection={collection} />
             </Suspense>
         </div>
     )
diff --git a/components/Music/AudioGallery.tsx b/components/Music/AudioGallery.tsx
index 122ab8a..0f78785 100644
--- a/components/Music/AudioGallery.tsx
+++ b/components/Music/AudioGallery.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 'use client';
+import { MusicStreamingEntry } from "@/server/db/schema";
 import { AudioTrack } from "./AudioTrack"
-import { Maybe } from "@/util/helpers";
+import { _Object } from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";
+import { TrackWithURL } from "@/server/s3/service";
 
-export function AudioGallery({ urlList }: { urlList: Maybe<string[]> }) {
+export function AudioGallery({ trackList, collection }: { trackList: TrackWithURL[], collection: MusicStreamingEntry }) {
     return (
-        <div>
-            { urlList
-                ? urlList.map((each, idx) => {
-                    return <AudioTrack src={each} key={idx} />
-                }) : <p>No audio results found for this work.</p>
+        <div className="p-8 m-8 rounded-lg bg-neutral-600">
+            { trackList.length
+                ? trackList.map((each, idx) => {
+                    if (!(each.Key.includes(".wav") || each.Key.includes(".mp3"))) return <div key={idx} />
+                    return <AudioTrack metadata={each} collection={collection} key={idx} />
+                })
+                : <p>No audio results found for this work.</p>
             }
         </div>
     )
diff --git a/components/Music/AudioPlayer/_Button.tsx b/components/Music/AudioPlayer/_Button.tsx
index e760b70..08a8d61 100644
--- a/components/Music/AudioPlayer/_Button.tsx
+++ b/components/Music/AudioPlayer/_Button.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 type ButtonProps = {
     children: React.ReactNode;
-    conditionalExp: string;
     onClick: (...args: []) => void;
+    extraClasses?: string;
     disabled?: boolean
 }
 
-export function _Button({ children, conditionalExp, onClick, disabled=false }: ButtonProps) {
+export function _Button({ children, extraClasses="", onClick, disabled=false }: ButtonProps) {
     return (
         <button disabled={disabled} onClick={onClick} className={
-            conditionalExp + " transition-all duration-700 rounded-full bg-stone-400 border-black h-16 w-16 flex flex-col items-center justify-center"
+            extraClasses + " transition-all duration-700 rounded-full bg-stone-400 border-black h-16 w-16 flex flex-col items-center justify-center"
         }>
             { children }
         </button>
diff --git a/components/Music/AudioPlayer/index.tsx b/components/Music/AudioPlayer/index.tsx
index 2589a19..155a262 100644
--- a/components/Music/AudioPlayer/index.tsx
+++ b/components/Music/AudioPlayer/index.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import { FaArrowDown, FaArrowUp, FaPause, FaPlay } from "react-icons/fa";
 import { useCallback } from "react";
 import { _Button } from "./_Button";
 import Link from "@/components/ui/Link";
+import { prettyFileName } from "@/util/helpers";
 
 export default function AudioPlayer() {
-    const { isPlaying, isOpen, currentTrack, setIsPlaying, setIsOpen } = useAudio();
+    const { isPlaying, isOpen, currentTrack, currentCollection, setIsPlaying, setIsOpen } = useAudio();
 
     const changePlayState = useCallback(() => {
         if (!currentTrack) {
@@ -19,13 +20,14 @@ export default function AudioPlayer() {
     }, [currentTrack, isPlaying, setIsPlaying])
 
     return (
-        <div id="audio-player-panel" className={`${isOpen ? "bg-stone-300 border-black dark:bg-black dark:border-stone-300 text-black dark:text-stone-300 " : "bg-opacity-0 "} fixed bottom-0 right-0 flex items-center justify-between w-1/2 h-36 rounded-tl-xl z-0 transition-all duration-700 px-8`}>
+        <>
+        <div id="audio-player-panel" className={`${isOpen ? "bg-stone-300 border-black dark:bg-black dark:border-stone-300 text-black dark:text-stone-300 translate-y-0 " : " translate-y-32 "} fixed bottom-0 right-0 flex items-center justify-between w-1/2 h-36 rounded-tl-xl z-0 transition-all duration-700 px-8`}>
             {/* track info, if it is set */}
             <div className="flex flex-col">
                 { !isOpen ? null : currentTrack ? (
                     <>
-                    <h3>{currentTrack.name}</h3>
-                    <p>{currentTrack.artist ?? "(no artist listed)"} - {currentTrack.year ?? "(no year listed)"}</p>
+                    <h3>{prettyFileName(currentTrack.Key)}</h3>
+                    <p>{currentCollection?.artist ?? "(no artist listed)"} - {currentCollection?.year ?? "(no year listed)"}</p>
                     </>
                 ) : (
                     <>
@@ -35,23 +37,24 @@ export default function AudioPlayer() {
                 )}
             </div>
 
-            <div id="audio-panel-actions" className="flex items-center justify-end">
+            <div id="audio-panel-actions" className="flex items-center justify-end pr-16">
                 {/* conditionally-rendered button to close audio player once it's open */}
-                <_Button disabled={!currentTrack} conditionalExp={isOpen ? "opacity-100 translate-y-0 mr-4 " : "opacity-0 translate-y-32 mr-4 "} onClick={changePlayState}>
+                <_Button extraClasses={"fixed right-28 " + (isOpen ? "-bottom-30" : "bottom-10")} disabled={!currentTrack} onClick={changePlayState}>
                     { isPlaying
                         ? <FaPause className="h-8 w-8 text-black" />
                         : <FaPlay className="h-8 w-8 text-black" />
                     }
                 </_Button>
-
-                <_Button onClick={() => setIsOpen(!isOpen)} conditionalExp={isOpen ? "right-36" : "right-12"}>
-                    { isOpen
-                        ? <FaArrowDown className="h-8 w-8 text-black" />
-                        : <FaArrowUp className="h-8 w-8 text-black" />
-                    }
-                </_Button>
             </div>
-
         </div>
+
+        {/* floating button to open/close the player */}
+        <_Button extraClasses="fixed bottom-10 right-10" onClick={() => setIsOpen(!isOpen)}>
+            { isOpen
+                ? <FaArrowDown className="h-8 w-8 text-black" />
+                : <FaArrowUp className="h-8 w-8 text-black" />
+            }
+        </_Button>
+        </>
     )
 }
diff --git a/components/Music/AudioTrack.tsx b/components/Music/AudioTrack.tsx
index f888bbd..97588b9 100644
--- a/components/Music/AudioTrack.tsx
+++ b/components/Music/AudioTrack.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,49 @@
 'use client';
-export function AudioTrack({ src }: { src: string }) {
-    return <audio src={src} controls />
+import useAudio from "@/hooks/useAudio";
+import { MusicStreamingEntry } from "@/server/db/schema";
+import { TrackWithURL } from "@/server/s3/service";
+import { prettyFileName } from "@/util/helpers";
+import { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
+import { FaPause, FaPlay } from "react-icons/fa";
+
+export function AudioTrack({ collection, metadata }: { collection: MusicStreamingEntry, metadata: TrackWithURL }) {
+    const { isPlaying, currentTrack, setIsPlaying, handleTrackChange } = useAudio();
+
+    const isMatchingTrack: boolean = useMemo(() => {
+        return currentTrack?.Key == metadata.Key;
+    }, [currentTrack, metadata]);
+
+    const handleClick = useCallback(() => {
+        console.log({ isMatchingTrack, isPlaying, currentTrack })
+
+        if (!currentTrack) {
+            handleTrackChange(metadata, collection);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (isMatchingTrack && isPlaying) {
+            setIsPlaying(false);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        handleTrackChange(metadata, collection);
+    }, [currentTrack, collection, metadata, isMatchingTrack, isPlaying, setIsPlaying, handleTrackChange])
+
+    return (
+        <div className="flex">
+            <div>
+                <button className="mr-3" onClick={handleClick}>
+                    { isMatchingTrack && isPlaying
+                        ? <FaPause className="h-8 w-8 text-black" />
+                        : <FaPlay className="h-8 w-8 text-black" />
+                    }
+                </button>
+            </div>
+
+            <div className="flex flex-col">
+                <h3>{prettyFileName(metadata.Key)}</h3>
+                { collection.artist && <small>{collection.artist}</small> }
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    )
 }
diff --git a/hooks/useAudio.tsx b/hooks/useAudio.tsx
index fb9cef6..4048b02 100644
--- a/hooks/useAudio.tsx
+++ b/hooks/useAudio.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use client';
 import { MusicStreamingEntry } from "@/server/db/schema";
-import { createContext, createRef, useCallback, useContext, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { TrackWithURL } from "@/server/s3/service";
+import { createContext, createRef, useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
 type AudioContextType = {
     // boolean properties
@@ -10,16 +11,17 @@ type AudioContextType = {
     setIsOpen: (isOpen: boolean) => void;
 
     // track properties
-    /** @deprecated */
-    duration: number;
-    volume: number;
-    setVolume: (volume: number) => void;
-    currentTime: number;
-    setCurrentTime: (currentTime: number) => void;
-    handleTrackChange: (audioSource: string, track: MusicStreamingEntry) => void;
+    // duration: number;
+    // volume: number;
+    // setVolume: (volume: number) => void;
+    // currentTime: number;
+    // setCurrentTime: (currentTime: number) => void;
+    handleTrackChange: (metadata: TrackWithURL, collection: MusicStreamingEntry) => void;
 
     // identifiers
-    currentTrack?: MusicStreamingEntry;
+    currentTrack?: TrackWithURL;
+    currentCollection?: MusicStreamingEntry;
+    setCurrentCollection: (collection: MusicStreamingEntry) => void;
 }
 
 const initialContext: AudioContextType = {
@@ -27,38 +29,48 @@ const initialContext: AudioContextType = {
     setIsPlaying: () => {},
     isOpen: false,
     setIsOpen: () => {},
-    volume: 0.5,
-    setVolume: () => {},
-    duration: 0,
-    currentTime: 0,
-    setCurrentTime: () => {},
-    currentTrack: undefined,
+    // volume: 0.5,
+    // setVolume: () => {},
+    // duration: 0,
+    // currentTime: 0,
+    // setCurrentTime: () => {},
     handleTrackChange: () => {},
+    currentTrack: undefined,
+
+    currentCollection: undefined,
+    setCurrentCollection: () => {},
 }
 
 const AudioContext = createContext<AudioContextType>(initialContext);
 
 const AudioProvider = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => {
-    const [currentTrack, setCurrentTrack] = useState<MusicStreamingEntry>();
+    const [currentCollection, setCurrentCollection] = useState<MusicStreamingEntry>();
+    const [currentTrack, setCurrentTrack] = useState<TrackWithURL>();
     const [audioSource, setAudioSource] = useState<string>();
     const [isPlaying, setIsPlaying] = useState(false);
     const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
-    const [volume, setVolume] = useState(0.5);
-    const [duration, setDuration] = useState(0);
-    const [currentTime, setCurrentTime] = useState(0);
+    // const [volume, setVolume] = useState(0.5);
+    // const [duration, setDuration] = useState(0);
+    // const [currentTime, setCurrentTime] = useState(0);
 
     const audioRef = createRef<HTMLAudioElement>();
 
-    const handleTrackChange = useCallback((audioSource: string, track: MusicStreamingEntry) => {
-        setCurrentTrack(track);
-        setAudioSource(audioSource);
+    const handleTrackChange = useCallback((metadata: TrackWithURL, collection: MusicStreamingEntry) => {
+        setCurrentTrack(metadata);
+        setAudioSource(metadata.url);
+        setCurrentCollection(collection);
+        setIsOpen(true);
         setIsPlaying(true);
     }, [])
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+        isPlaying ? audioRef.current?.play() : audioRef.current?.pause();
+    }, [isPlaying, audioRef])
+
     return (
         <AudioContext.Provider value={{
-            currentTrack, isOpen, isPlaying, volume, duration, currentTime,
-            setCurrentTime, setIsOpen, handleTrackChange, setIsPlaying, setVolume
+            currentTrack, isOpen, isPlaying, currentCollection,
+            setIsOpen, handleTrackChange, setIsPlaying, setCurrentCollection,
         }}>
             {children}
             <audio className="hidden" style={{ display: "none" }} ref={audioRef} controls autoPlay={isPlaying} src={audioSource} />
diff --git a/server/controllers/base.controller.ts b/server/controllers/base.controller.ts
index 5cb8345..cd6c900 100644
--- a/server/controllers/base.controller.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/base.controller.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type ControllerOptions<T extends { [key: string]: any }> = {
 }
 
 export default abstract class BaseController<T extends { [key: string]: any }> {
-    #db: pg.Client
+    protected db: pg.Client
     // #bucket: S3Client
     // #cache: Redis
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default abstract class BaseController<T extends { [key: string]: any }> {
     parser?: FullParserType<T>
 
     constructor(options: ControllerOptions<T>) {
-        this.#db        = must(createDBClient);
+        this.db        = must(createDBClient);
         // this.#bucket    = must(createS3Client);
         // this.#cache     = must(createRedisClient);
 
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ export default abstract class BaseController<T extends { [key: string]: any }> {
         'use server';
         try {
             // we'll enable cache here later
-            await this.#db.connect();
-            const result = await this.#db.query(`SELECT * FROM ${this.tableName}`);
+            await this.db.connect();
+            const result = await this.db.query(`SELECT * FROM ${this.tableName}`);
 
             if (this.parser) {
                 result.rows.forEach((row, idx) => {
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ export default abstract class BaseController<T extends { [key: string]: any }> {
             console.log({ error });
             return null;
         } finally {
-            await this.#db.end();
+            await this.db.end();
         }
     }
 
     async getByID(id: number, projection?: (keyof T)[]): Promise<Maybe<T>> {
         try {
-            await this.#db.connect();
+            await this.db.connect();
             const finalProjection = projection?.join(", ") ?? "*";
 
-            const result = await this.#db.query(`SELECT ${finalProjection} FROM ${this.tableName} WHERE id = ${id}`);
+            const result = await this.db.query(`SELECT ${finalProjection} FROM ${this.tableName} WHERE id = ${id}`);
 
             if (this.parser) {
                 const parsed = this.parser(result.rows[0]);
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export default abstract class BaseController<T extends { [key: string]: any }> {
             console.log({ error });
             return null;
         } finally {
-            await this.#db.end();
+            await this.db.end();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/s3/service.ts b/server/s3/service.ts
index c687949..610a683 100644
--- a/server/s3/service.ts
+++ b/server/s3/service.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import createS3Client from "./createClient";
 import { Maybe, must } from "@/util/helpers";
 import { getSignedUrl } from "@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner";
 
+export type TrackWithURL = (Required<Pick<_Object, "Key">> & _Object) & { url: string }
+
 export default class S3Service {
     static asEndpoint(key: string): string {
         return `${env.S3_ENDPOINT}/${env.S3_BUCKET}/${key}`;
@@ -59,22 +61,45 @@ export default class S3Service {
         }
     }
 
-    static async getURLs(key: string): Promise<Maybe<string[]>> {
+    static async getURLs(key: string): Promise<{
+        files: Maybe<_Object[]>,
+        urlList: Maybe<string[]>
+    }> {
         try {
             const files = await this.listObjects(key);
-            const output = new Array<string>();
+            const urlList = new Array<string>();
 
             files?.forEach(async(file) => {
                 if (file.Key) {
                     const url = await this.getURL(file.Key);
-                    if (url) output.push(url);
+                    if (url) urlList.push(url);
                 }
             });
 
-            return output;
+            return { files, urlList }
         } catch (error) {
             console.log({ error });
-            return null;
+            return { files: null, urlList: null }
+        }
+    }
+
+    static async prepareTrackList(key: string): Promise<TrackWithURL[]> {
+        const result = new Array<TrackWithURL>();
+
+        try {
+            const files = await this.listObjects(key);
+
+            files?.forEach(async(file) => {
+                if (file.Key) {
+                    const url = await this.getURL(file.Key);
+                    if (url) result.push({ ...file, url, Key: file.Key });
+                }
+            })
+
+            return result;
+        } catch (error) {
+            console.log({ error });
+            return new Array<TrackWithURL>();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/util/helpers.ts b/util/helpers.ts
index 37fb9ca..022a1bd 100644
--- a/util/helpers.ts
+++ b/util/helpers.ts
@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ export function must<T = any>(func: CallableFunction): T {
     }
 }
 
+export function prettyFileName(key: string): string {
+    return key.split('/').pop()?.split(".").shift() ?? "INVALID KEY";
+}
+
 export type Maybe<T> = T | null | undefined;