Using Hard keys when screen is off

[phreaq]

Hey Folks,

I use kinoma play as my main media player, which uses the hard keys to skip forward/backward between trax. After the player has been running for a bit, the screen turns off, and I can no longer skip trax, since the keys don't work with the screen off.

Does anyone know of an app or method, that will still let me use the hard keys for Kinoma?

Thanks in advance,