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 Check00:57 Meet Heidi Rew02:00 From Childhood Performer to Voice Actor05:00 Performing Without “Performing” for the Microphone07:00 Self-Consciousness, Confidence, and Getting Out of Your Own Way11:30 Paying Her Own Way Through College12:30 Internships and Finding Radio14:00 The Many Jobs You Do in Radio16:15 The “Redneck Home Shopping Show”18:30 Meeting Mike Stoudt and the Road to Voiceover20:00 Building a VO Career While Working in Radio23:00 Why You Can’t Compare Your Voiceover Journey to Someone Else’s24:30 Talent vs. Persistence: Who Actually Builds a Career?25:30 Leaving Radio and Going Full-Time27:00 How Atlanta Voiceover Studio Started Almost by Accident29:00 From Recording Space to VO Training30:30 You Don’t Need to Be the Biggest Expert to Be a Great Teacher33:00 Learning to Let Go of Auditions34:30 Big Wins, Long-Term Clients, and AutoNation35:30 What Happens When a Nine-Year Client Disappears?37:00 Balancing VO, Acting, and Running a Studio38:30 The Business Mistake Heidi Wishes They Had Avoided40:00 Growing Atlanta Voiceover Studio — Then COVID Hit42:00 How Virtual Training Changed the Business44:00 Surviving the Financial Ups and Downs of Creative Work45:00 Hiring, Delegating, and Building a Flexible Team48:30 What Atlanta Voiceover Studio Offers Today52:30 How Do You Know When You’re Ready for a Commercial Demo?54:00 Where to Learn More About Heidi and Atlanta Voiceover Studio