you guys have been great help!
one last question and i'll have this set up just how i want it

my controls (play pause fwd next) ...
the space to toggle these controls is extremely hard to get to
very narrow
how can i widen this?

this is what i have...

*Label MusicInfoLabel
MusicInfoLabelX 80
MusicInfoLabelY 770
MusicInfoLabelHeight 24
MusicInfoLabelWidth 400
MusicInfoLabelLeftBorder 5
MusicInfoLabelRightBorder 5
MusicInfoLabeljustify center
MusicInfoLabelText "[winampStatus]: [winampSong]"
MusicInfoLabelScroll left
MusicInfoLabelScrollSpeed 2
MusicInfoLabelVertAlign center

MusicInfoLabelOnEnter !LabelSetText MusicInfoLabel "elapsed [winampTime] / remains [winampRemainTime]"
MusicInfoLabelOnLeave !LabelSetText MusicInfoLabel "[winampStatus]: [winampSong]"

MusicInfoLabelOnLeftDoubleClick !amp_show

*Label PrevLabel
PrevLabelX -520
PrevLabelY 770
PrevLabelHeight 24
PrevLabelWidth 80
PrevLabelText " "
PlayLabelTooltip "Play"
PlayLabelOnLeftClick !amp_play

*Label PauseLabel
PauseLabelX -420
PauseLabelY 770
PauseLabelHeight 24
PauseLabelWidth 80
PauseLabelText " || "
PauseLabelTooltip "Pause / Stop"
PauseLabelOnLeftClick !amp_pause
PauseLabelOnRightClick !amp_stop

*Label NextLabel
NextLabelX -360
NextLabelY 770
NextLabelHeight 24
NextLabelWidth 80
NextLabelText " >> "
NextLabelTooltip "Next"
NextLabelOnLeftClick !amp_next


*Slider "MainVol" -280 790 3 "menusep.png" "slider top.png" HI [VOLUME] 0
*Slider "Winamp" -280 777 3 "menusep.png" "slider top.png" HI [WINAMP]
!SliderSetVolume