Broadcasting "current song" over multiple computers?

Hey, I hope this is just a stupid question as it seems possible but I can't figure out how to do it; at our studio we have just connected an Airport express to our stereo and we are all able to connect successfully to the Airport and play through the stereo singularly (off of three different computers.) My question is if there is a way that I can view the current song on my computer that someone is streaming from their computer to the Airport. I've found posts about using an iphone as a remote control for an Airport so it seems like the Airport is obviously broadcasting that information out but I can't figure out how to receive it back on multiple computers/iTunes.
Any advice?
Thanks!

I have a similar problem. Wish I had an answer but am struggling with a similar problem. My situation is this: I have a Imac and a Macbook Pro. I have the same 4 accounts on both and I sync them through '.mac'. It works fairly well. My goal is to get one Itunes library accessible from the 2 computers and the 4 accounts per computer. I am also using Time Capsule/Machine as well. I currently keep the Itunes library on an external drive (not TCapsule). So, my problem is this:
1. How to update from multiple accounts accross the two machines?
2. How to access Itunes store from all of the accounts on machine 2?
I am now trying to set up individual Itunes libraries for each account on machine 1 and share to machine 2.
In any case, this is not pretty and needs to be reachitected to support a multiple user environmet.

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1. How to update from multiple accounts accross the two machines?
2. How to access Itunes store from all of the accounts on machine 2?
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