def METHOD_NAME(self, media_id):
    """
    This is a callback from liquidsoap, we use this to notify
    about the currently playing *song*. We get passed a JSON string
    which we handed to liquidsoap in get_liquidsoap_data().
    """
    try:
        return self._base_client.notify_media_item_start_play(media_id=media_id)
    except RequestException:
        return None