Advice needed, remotely controlling Mac's.

Question

Hi there,
In my household we have several Mac's, all in different parts of the same house, performing different jobs. The Mac mini in the ground floor living room stores our music and pictures. Whilst the MacPro in the loft studio is used for work and only contains work related media.
If I want to play music on the MacPro I simply use iTunes to gain access to the music library on the Mac mini. This only works however if iTunes is running on the remote Mac. So here's my question. How do I remotely control Macs in my house, all of which are on the same network? Remote Desktop seems like overkill for what I need.
Something akin to the remote screen sharing feature in iChat is what I am looking for, that way I can launch iTunes remotely. Any ideas or recommendations? Many thanks in advance.
Regards, Anil K Solanki

Answer 1

I've been using Mac's for nearly 20 years now & I'm still amazed by the amount of new things I learn.
Captfred's solution is exactly what I was looking for. So thanks, to him/her and to all the generous and kind folks that have contributed.
I must say this simply because it is true. This forum always has knowledgeable and polite people willing to help fellow Mac users. For those good folks who make this forum an actual joy to visit, my thanks and respect.
Regards, Anil K Solanki