Can i play itunes from desktop via iphone

Hi,
I was wondering if it's possible to play my itunes from my mac pro on my iphone?
I can control my itunes on my mac pro with the 'remote' app on my phone, but i would like to be able to play my songs through my phone without having to sync my iphone with my mac pro.
Thanks for any help or advice.
Tom

Hi,
My Son has an iPhone and we can get his phone to Play my iTunes songs
However on his Phone he gets a message about only playing the songs that are linked to his Apple ID (i.e on his own computer).
Is it possible to "Share" other peoples iTunes Libraries in the way described in this thread ?
Consider me a Newbie outside of iChat.
9:47 PM Saturday; March 12, 2011

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