My iTunes is moving the songs I play to another folder

I've had my music organized in a folder on an external drive in the same way for years and never had an issue even after changing laptops.
I've recently bought an iMac and have been successfully transfered my iTunes library, been listening to and adding music just as I always did.
I just discovered that every song I play is automatically being moved to a "Music" subfolder inside my own media folder on my external drive. This is happening only when I play a song, the songs I add to my library are going into the correct folder.
I am not sure if this started occuring before or after I switched to the iMac. I have checked and rechecked my preferences and nothing looks out of place.
Any ideas?
Thanks

That's standard iTunes folder structure since iTunes 9.
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847

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