GTT Spotlight: Voice Actor and Atlanta Voiceover Studio Owner Heidi Rew

George the Tech sits down with Heidi Rew, full-time voice actor, on-camera actor, podcast host, and co-owner of Atlanta Voiceover Studio, to talk about her unlikely path from childhood performer to radio personality to working voice actor and studio owner.

Heidi shares why persistence often matters more than raw talent, what she learned from losing a nine-year client, how Atlanta Voiceover Studio grew from a tiny recording space into a major VO training resource, and why making a demo before you're ready can set you up for failure instead of success.

Timeline

00:00 Sponsor: Full Compass + GTT Sound Check
00:57 Meet Heidi Rew
02:00 From Childhood Performer to Voice Actor
05:00 Performing Without “Performing” for the Microphone
07:00 Self-Consciousness, Confidence, and Getting Out of Your Own Way
11:30 Paying Her Own Way Through College
12:30 Internships and Finding Radio
14:00 The Many Jobs You Do in Radio
16:15 The “Redneck Home Shopping Show”
18:30 Meeting Mike Stoudt and the Road to Voiceover
20:00 Building a VO Career While Working in Radio
23:00 Why You Can’t Compare Your Voiceover Journey to Someone Else’s
24:30 Talent vs. Persistence: Who Actually Builds a Career?
25:30 Leaving Radio and Going Full-Time
27:00 How Atlanta Voiceover Studio Started Almost by Accident
29:00 From Recording Space to VO Training
30:30 You Don’t Need to Be the Biggest Expert to Be a Great Teacher
33:00 Learning to Let Go of Auditions
34:30 Big Wins, Long-Term Clients, and AutoNation
35:30 What Happens When a Nine-Year Client Disappears?
37:00 Balancing VO, Acting, and Running a Studio
38:30 The Business Mistake Heidi Wishes They Had Avoided
40:00 Growing Atlanta Voiceover Studio — Then COVID Hit
42:00 How Virtual Training Changed the Business
44:00 Surviving the Financial Ups and Downs of Creative Work
45:00 Hiring, Delegating, and Building a Flexible Team
48:30 What Atlanta Voiceover Studio Offers Today
52:30 How Do You Know When You’re Ready for a Commercial Demo?
54:00 Where to Learn More About Heidi and Atlanta Voiceover Studio

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