Here's an idea: I'm thinking of making a skin that's actually a functioning wallpaper.....with speakers, and all the other media-player effects in different places on the desktop! In fact, the "wallpaper" could be transparent (my desktop monitor is 1920x1080)....thataway, you could still have an underlying wall. A minimal wall would be the ticket, I think. And I'll make all the buttons with a pressed effect (like letterpress), having Token hover- and pushed effects. They could be placed along the edges, maybe an inch above the taskbar, top and bottom, so they wouldn't get accidentally pushed during daily computing tasks. It could look really stylish. Maybe put the visualization in a narrow place on top, and the meters on either side.....Almost like a "Xion-RainMeter" thing!
Hey, just an idea!