Mini Player in dock or top bar...?

I know that in windows, there is a way to make the itunes miniplayer minimize to be in the bottom bar (where the start menu is), but i was wondering if there was a way to get a similar configuration on a mac using the top bar, or have it minimize into the dock but still have controls like next song and play/pause etc.
any ideas on pluggins or built-in features that itunes offers?
Thanks
ben
mac mini 1.42 GHz, combo drive, 80GB Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Ben
I'm not been short, but have a search on Macupdate there are literally hundreds of options for controlling iTunes, from the Menu (top) bar, the Dock, the keyboard, your mobile phone... the list is endless. Just pop 'iTunes' into the search box.
Personally, I've found Synergy good.
Regards
TD

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