logger.trace("***START SPEECH**** Player: '{}'", playerId);
// get the current player state
int playerVolume = player.getUnmuteVolume();
boolean playerPowered = player.isPowered();
boolean playerMuted = player.isMuted();
Mode playerMode = player.getMode();
int currNumTracks = player.getNumberPlaylistTracks();
int currPlayingTime = player.getCurrentPlayingTime();
int currPlaylistIndex = player.getCurrentPlaylistIndex();
int currPlaylistShuffle = player.getCurrentPlaylistShuffle();
int currPlaylistRepeat = player.getCurrentPlaylistRepeat();
int newNumTracks = 0;
logger.trace("Current Playing Mode '{}'", playerMode.toString());
logger.trace("Current Volume '{}'", playerVolume);
logger.trace("Current Num Playlist Tracks '{}'", currNumTracks);
logger.trace("Current Playing Playlist Index '{}'", currPlaylistIndex);
logger.trace("Current Playing Time '{}'", currPlayingTime);
logger.trace("Current Shuffle Mode '{}'", currPlaylistShuffle);