Mac and PC to AirPort Extreme

I'm hoping you can help me out and explain to me what the heck i'm trying to do.
what i have
- desk top PC
- MacBook Pro lap top
- airport extreme
- external hard drive
- airport express
what i'd like to do is hardwire my desk top PC to the airport extreme and also have an external hard drive hooked up to the airport extreme
I'm hoping to do a few different things on the hard drive, first store all my photos and music on it and second use it to back up both the PC and the mac. WILL THIS WORK?
The other question I have is, how do you have one library of music (ie the hard drive) and have multiple computers run itunes from it?
if I do store all my music on the hard drive how does each computer run itunes from that one central spot ??? what about adding songs, or updates or syncing my ipod, does it need to be via one computer only or can i do it via both computers?
thanks for your help

I'm hoping to do a few different things on the hard drive, first store all my photos and music on it and second use it to back up both the PC and the mac. WILL THIS WORK?
Yes. If you're using backup software, that software needs to be capable of backing up to a network drive.
how do you have one library of music (ie the hard drive) and have multiple computers run itunes from it?
Launch iTunes with the Option(Mac) or Shift(Win) key held down and point it there.
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