Nobody says that the music can't start playing in the background while the "branding" is still being displayed. Let the music start immediately (or as soon as it CAN anyway), with the "branding" being displayed for 5 seconds, and then kicking over to the standard visuals.

Another thing, is that, at the same time as you add that feature, you want to add a feature that says "I cannot make a change to the empeg without this password". That way people cannot just download the software and erase your branding via a software downgrade or re-sync.

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