Thanks!
When I did my auditions for Nightwish, Therion, and Elis, I tried to stay true to my own voice, rather than copy someone. Since I am pretty versatile, this was easy to do.
I have heard back from all three... Therion you knew about. For Elis, they loved me, writing that I was clearly the most qualified candidate and perfect for the job, but it came down to wanting someone more local and a native German speaker. A few weeks ago, Tuomas from Nightwish emailed me through his management company, and said that though I was not the voice the band was looking for, he really enjoyed my demo, calling it "good stuff! :=) " I had thought it might have been a "form letter," but after some discrete inquiries, discovered to my pleasure that it was not. So it feels pretty good to have had great feedback in all three instances.
As for the school.... we have our new location. There is only one thing we need to double check before signing the lease. Zoning and use are going to be no problem, but we have to submit our plans to make sure we are ADA-compliant, since we are a multi-story facility with no handicapped access to the 2nd floor. We think that as long as any of the services we offer can be done on the ground floor, it should be ok.
EDIT: I just put up our
MySpace page. Hope you like it!