diff --git a/.config/mpd/mpd.conf b/.config/mpd/mpd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b82cffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/mpd/mpd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Recommended location for database
+db_file            "~/.config/mpd/database"
+
+# If running mpd using systemd, delete this line to log directly to systemd.
+log_file           "syslog"
+
+# The music directory is by default the XDG directory, uncomment to amend and choose a different directory
+#music_directory    "~/music"
+
+# Uncomment to refresh the database whenever files in the music_directory are changed
+#auto_update "yes"
+
+# Uncomment to enable the functionalities
+#playlist_directory "~/.config/mpd/playlists"
+#pid_file           "~/.config/mpd/pid"
+#state_file         "~/.config/mpd/state"
+#sticker_file       "~/.config/mpd/sticker.sql"
+
+audio_output {
+    type        "pulse"
+    name        "My pulse Device"
+    device        "hw:0,0"    # optional
+    format        "44100:16:2"    # optional
+    mixer_device    "default"    # optional
+    mixer_control    "PCM"        # optional
+    mixer_index    "0"        # optional
+}
+audio_output {
+  type    "pulse"
+  name    "MPD"
+# server    "remote_server"   # optional
+# sink    "remote_server_sink"  # optional
+}
+audio_output {
+type "pulse"
+name "My pulse EQ"
+auto_resample "no"
+use_mmap "yes"
+device "plug:plugequal"
+format "44100:16:2" # optional
+mixer_device "default" # optional
+mixer_control "PCM" # optional
+mixer_index "0" # optional
+}
+mixer_type "software"
+
+audio_output {
+type                    "fifo"
+name                    "FIFO"
+path                    "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
+format                  "44100:16:2"
+}
diff --git a/.config/ncmpcpp/config b/.config/ncmpcpp/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91ef249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/ncmpcpp/config
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+mpd_music_dir = "~/Music/"
+ncmpcpp_directory = "~/.config/ncmpcpp"
+lyrics_directory = "~/.config/ncmpcpp/lyrics"
+#execute_on_song_change = "~/.ncmpcpp/songchange.sh"
+
+## Unsupported mouse ##
+mouse_support = "yes"
+mouse_list_scroll_whole_page = "yes"
+
+## Navigation ##
+cyclic_scrolling = "yes"
+header_text_scrolling = "yes"
+jump_to_now_playing_song_at_start = "yes"
+lines_scrolled = "2"
+
+## Other ##
+system_encoding = "utf-8"
+regular_expressions = "extended"
+
+##
+## Appearance
+## Other ##
+now_playing_prefix = "❥ "
+progressbar_look = "───"
+colors_enabled = "yes"
+autocenter_mode = "yes"
+centered_cursor = "yes"
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 57b1548..b924ff5 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -30,3 +30,10 @@ setup_nvim: setup_vimwiki1 setup_vimwiki2 setup_vimwiki3
 	echo "configuring nvim"
 	mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim
 	ln -s -f ~/dotfiles/.config/nvim/init.vim ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
+
+setup_music:
+	mkdir -p ~/.config/mpd/playlists/
+	mkdir -p ~/.mpd
+	ln -s -f ~/dotfiles/.config/mpd/mpd.conf ~/.config/mpd/mpd.conf
+	mkdir -p ~/.config/ncmpcpp/
+	ln -s -f ~/dotfiles/.config/ncmpcpp/config ~/.config/ncmpcpp/config
diff --git a/ubuntu.md b/ubuntu.md
index ae9deae..c2ec2fc 100644
--- a/ubuntu.md
+++ b/ubuntu.md
@@ -11,4 +11,14 @@ sudo apt install make
 sudo apt install curl
 sudo apt install ffmpeg
 sudo apt install zsh		      # install oh-my-zsh to set zsh as default shell
+
+# music setup
+sudo apt-get install mpd
+sudo apt-get install ncmpcpp
+```
+
+## Snap Apps
+
+```
+sudo snap install yt-dlp
 ```