Derek's Jukebox At the party? Host

A jukebox for the lounge room

Everyone picks the music.
You still own the queue.

Guests scan a code on the tablet by the speaker, search Spotify from their own phone, and add a song. Skip, pause and reorder stay with the host. Nobody installs anything. Nobody touches your phone.

See how it works I'm at the party

Three steps, no instructions needed

  1. Scan

    The code lives on the screen next to the speaker. Being in the room is the whole password — there's no PIN to shout across a party.

  2. Search

    A web page opens. Type a song or an artist, pick one, done. Guests never sign in to Spotify — only the host's account is ever connected.

  3. Wait your turn

    The tablet shows what's playing, who asked for it, and roughly how long until yours. Changed your mind? Take it back off the list.

Built for the host, not just the crowd

The queue is yours

Songs wait in the app, not in Spotify — which can't reorder or clear its own queue. Anything still waiting can be moved or binned.

House rules, enforced quietly

Cap song length, hide explicit tracks, block repeats, limit how many songs one person can have waiting. Guests just see fewer options.

It never goes quiet

When the requests run out, it falls back to a playlist you chose rather than leaving the room in silence.

A tablet for the phoneless

The screen by the speaker doubles as a walk-up kiosk, so someone with a flat battery can still get a song in.

The link alone gets you nowhere

Forwarding the address to a group chat doesn't hand out requests. The code changes when the party does.

It never touches the audio

It's a remote control. It tells Spotify what to queue, and Spotify plays it on whatever speaker you nominate.

It gives Spotify back

A party is something you start and end. Between the two it queues nothing, moves nothing and plays nothing — so your account is yours again on Monday morning, in the car, like it should be.

Actually at the party?

You've found the front door, not the jukebox. Scan the QR code on the screen by the speaker and you'll come straight back here — with the search box, the queue, and everything that's coming up.

Not near the speaker? The tablet shows what's playing regardless.