mousempc is a simple client that hooks into a

• Webpage: http://cmrg.fifthhorseman.net/browser/trunk/mousempc/
• Maintainer(s):
  • Daniel Kahn Gillmor
• Description: mousempc reads an linux event device (usually /dev/input/event*) from stdin, and translates simple mouse events into simple operations. This is not a sophisticated client.

The controls are:

• the middle button starts/stops the music (play/pause)
• left button goes to the previous track
• right button goes to the next track
• scroll wheel adjusts the volume

If you want to use it, you probably want it run by a non-privileged account, and supervised so that it is automatically restarted. The author recommends the runit suite for this purpose.

You might be interested in the more generalized Client:Empcd.