--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# sends a notification on mpd song change :>
+
+playing="$(mpc current)"
+
+while true
+do
+ # block until song change
+ mpc idle player > /dev/null
+
+ # make sure the song acc changed
+ cur_song="$(mpc current)"
+ [ "$cur_song" == "$playing" ] && continue;
+
+ playing="$cur_song";
+
+ [ -z "$cur_song" ] && continue; # don't send notify if no song tho
+
+ out="${cur_song%.*}" # get rid of extension
+ notify-send "Now Playing: ${out##*/}" -i "" # get rid of dir
+
+done
+
