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Anne welcomes Heidi Rew, commercial voice actor and co-founder of Atlanta VoiceOver Studio. Heidi shares her journey from radio to voiceover and offers insights on booking jobs and finding success in the industry. The BOSSES emphasize the importance of perseverance and training, highlighting their own experience of steady climbs in the industry. They also discuss the qualities of a good coach and the value of personalized instruction. They advise newcomers to discover their unique voice and niche through training and collecting feedback. The BOSSES share their thoughts on overcoming self-doubt and the importance of perseverance in the voice acting industry. They emphasize the need to uncover personal insecurities and fears in order to succeed in business The BOSSES also discuss the importance of demos, online presence, and easy accessibility for potential clients. Anne (00:01.142) Hey everyone, welcome to the V.O. Boss podcast. I'm your host, Anne Ganguzza, and today I am so excited to have very special guest, Heidi Rew, joining us to the show. Hey Heidi, yay! Oh, awesome. So a little bit of information about Heidi for the bosses who are not familiar with her. She started her career on air in radio, but was introduced to voiceover by her coworker who eventually turned into her husband. Heidi Rew (00:12.922) Hey, Anne! So glad to be here. Anne (00:29.922) She is mainly a commercial voice actor and has voiced national TV commercials for Jiffy Lube, Secrets Resorts, Redfin, Kohl's, Danimals, and Baker's Chocolate, excuse me, and probably many, many more. And about eight years ago, she and her husband started the Atlanta VoiceOver Studio, a training and recording studio. Heidi, thank you so much for being with us today. It's so exciting. Heidi Rew (00:54.092) Oh, I am so excited to be here, Ann. And we already talked, Ann already talked, she was our guest on the Atlanta VoiceOver Studio podcast. And it was so good, we had to do a part two, which is the first time that's ever happened. So yes, I'm so excited to be here, Ann. Anne (01:09.166) Well, thank you so much. And I'm actually going to just turn around and ask you some of the same questions that you asked me. For those bosses who are not familiar with Atlanta VoiceOver Studio and Heidi, why don't you start off by talking a little bit about yourself and what that journey was like going from radio to VO? Heidi Rew (01:15.77) Okay. Heidi Rew (01:25.654) Yeah. Yep. I always wanted to go into radio. That was kind of my career goal. And this handsome coworker came in my studio one day and was like, hey, do you do voiceover? Because I could listen to your voice all day. And I know. He always says that's like his one and only line. But it worked. And he told me all about the voiceover industry, kind of got me going. Anne (01:44.754) What a line. I love it. I love it. Heidi Rew (01:55.554) And I really did think, oh, this will just be something that I do on the side. And then five, six years after that, things were changing at the radio station. And at that time, then Mike and I were married. And so to find on-air jobs in another city for both of you is really, really almost impossible. And so. Anne (02:13.527) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (02:20.19) things had just changed and Mike was like, why don't you just quit and just do voiceover and on camera stuff full time? And so that's what I did. And there we go. Anne (02:28.658) And there you go. Now, when we were talking before, we were discussing about agents, and it took you four years to book a job with your first Atlanta agent. Let's talk about that journey, because I'll tell you, for me, when I started, I'm gonna date myself, I literally, I was working for four years before I even thought. Heidi Rew (02:36.059) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (02:39.622) Yep. Mm-hmm. Anne (02:53.406) about an agent because back then we didn't really have like Facebook groups or there was there wasn't a lot of ways to communicate with other people in the industry, which I believe is one of the reasons why you might have started your studio as well to like see people face to face and Heidi Rew (02:57.088) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (03:07.075) Yeah. Heidi Rew (03:10.734) Yes, totally, and have that community. Yeah, I had a great agent here in Atlanta. And I would get auditions and everything, and just wouldn't book. And I thought, I really suck at this, obviously. And I would ask my agent, I said, you know, gosh, why? Anne (03:12.939) Yeah. Anne (03:18.091) Mm-hmm. Anne (03:22.903) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (03:30.026) Richard, it was Richard Hutchison management who's, he's retired at this point, but I said Richard, why haven't you dropped me at this point? You know, and he said Heidi, because you're doing good auditions. It just sometimes takes time. Just keep going, keep going. And I did. And then year five was when I started booking a lot. It's when I booked a national spot that ran three years, gave a sag health insurance for three years. Anne (03:32.215) Mm-hmm. Anne (03:41.91) Mmm. Mm-hmm. Anne (03:54.754) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (03:56.162) So it was just one of those things where it just took some time. And I had some other clients on the sides from self-marketing and a smaller agency that I was with in Florida. But yeah. Anne (04:03.817) Mm-hmm. Anne (04:07.862) Now do you think that it had, I mean, was there, was it possible that maybe you were needing feedback? I'm assuming four years your performance, you know, was improved, you know, and that is, takes a lot of resilience sometimes. I mean, I remember my early career as well too, and it was difficult. I mean, when you didn't get feedback or you didn't book, it was kind of like, oh my gosh, now. Heidi Rew (04:16.995) Oh yeah. Heidi Rew (04:21.658) Yeah. Heidi Rew (04:24.986) Mm-hmm. Anne (04:36.734) Now what do I do? I mean, do I even belong in this industry? I mean, did you ever run into any of those feelings? Yeah. Heidi Rew (04:39.154) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (04:42.794) Oh gosh, yeah. I mean, I would tell Mike, like, you liar. No, I'm just kidding. Like, what in the world? I don't have a good voice, obviously. But he really was always, he's always been an encourager of mine. But a big part of it was, you know, I was doing radio full time, full time. And also, you know, I was on air, so I was doing like events on the weekend. I mean, it was busy. And so I really. Anne (04:47.524) Hahaha! Mm-hmm. Anne (05:02.187) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (05:09.322) voiceover was a side thing. I didn't do the kind of training that I needed to do to get to that level. I was very lucky to even get on with Richard at the very beginning because, I mean, you know, all I had kind of was Mike's training and tutelage. And that is why I say to so many people, too, that, you know, one, you never know how long it's going to take to book, so keep going. But also, right, but also, Anne (05:11.106) Mm-hmm. Anne (05:16.514) Mm. Anne (05:24.76) Mm-hmm. Anne (05:32.142) Right? For that overnight success. Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (05:36.982) you do need to train and I, you know, if I had trained more, who knows that four years could have been shortened to a much shorter time frame. Anne (05:41.559) Mm-hmm. Anne (05:45.91) Well, you know, it's so interesting because, you know, I just was looking at your website again, and your studio offers, gosh, everything. And you have a team of coaches that basically covers every genre. You know, I think anything that anybody ever would want to do in voiceover, you guys cover at your studio. So let's talk about coaching because we had a discussion about it on your podcast. What is it that you feel Heidi Rew (05:56.08) Yeah. Anne (06:17.387) key qualities or qualifications of a good coach and what you look for your own team and for yourself. Heidi Rew (06:19.407) Yeah. Heidi Rew (06:23.83) Yeah, well, you know, first of all, one of the things that we really look for is for people that have a heart to teach and that aren't just in there to make extra money or to be known that they really care about the students that they're trying to reach. And then a big part of that is we Anne (06:33.996) Mm. Heidi Rew (06:48.898) With Atlanta Voice over Studio, we have three values that we run our decisions through and really have just kind of been the compass for our business. And one of those values is grace. And Mike and I define that as meeting people where they're at. And so we always talk about that with the instructors of like, you have no idea where somebody is gonna come in, whether they walk through the door or they appear on the screen. Anne (07:03.691) I love that. Anne (07:12.106) Yeah. Heidi Rew (07:14.458) You know, you have no idea where they're at. And so our goal is to find out where they're at and how do we get them at least one step closer to their goal, if not two steps. But that's the goal. It's like really meeting people where they're at, which was huge during COVID. Like that, oh my gosh, that was so helpful to remember. So those are some of the biggest things and just being able to really personalize the... Anne (07:23.086) Mm-hmm. Anne (07:30.878) Oh my goodness, yes. Heidi Rew (07:43.01) the instruction to each person, which kind of goes with that meeting people where they're at. It's just not everybody responds to the same type of technique or you know what I mean? Like you really have to find what works for that person, you know? Anne (07:45.205) Mm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Anne (07:48.938) Sure. Yeah. Anne (07:54.414) True. Very true. Anne (08:00.702) Yeah, and it's very much a personal journey, I think. Because it is a creative journey, and I do feel that that. Heidi Rew (08:04.868) Yes. Anne (08:10.934) Gosh, everybody reacts to it differently. Everybody learns in a different way. And I know that just from my years of teaching in front of the class, that you do have all different types of students. And I think it's even more important to meet them where they are when you're talking about something as a creative endeavor that is so deeply personal to them. Because any, you know, any... Heidi Rew (08:20.804) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (08:28.098) Yes. Yeah. Anne (08:34.218) any frustration or any kind of like, you know, roadblock can be really devastating. And that can, you know, that can affect performance like this. And so I think it's so important that you have teachers who care that I love that, that you have, I mean, that's where I always talk about. Heidi Rew (08:41.064) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (08:45.57) Oh my gosh, yeah. Yes. Anne (08:54.238) My students with eLearning, you've got to be that teacher that has a heart that cares. And that's important when you're... It's a journey you're taking these students on. And it's a delicate journey. Yeah. Heidi Rew (08:58.364) Mm-hmm, yeah. Heidi Rew (09:03.962) Yeah. Yes. Because your voice, that is really important. And there have been some people that come in that have been told certain things about their voice or believed certain things about their voice that are not right or not correct. And to be able to show them, like, hey, you actually have power in your voice. And you thought that maybe you didn't, or you thought that it was. Anne (09:15.547) Mm-hmm. Anne (09:24.438) Mm. Anne (09:31.303) Yeah, yeah. Heidi Rew (09:33.65) You know, some of the biggest ones that we've had come through the studio is like I always Was kind of told that I was weak because of the way that I sounded Man that does that does something? Yeah That is hard. So to be able to help them discover that and how do you? How do you find that empowerment through your own voice? You know, that's That's really crucial Anne (09:42.374) Mmm. That's a hard, that's hard to take. Yeah, gosh. Mm-hmm. Anne (09:56.844) Mm-hmm. Yeah, absolutely. So then let's talk a little bit about then as they're on their journey discovering, like where, you know, thinking about where do they feel the most passion or joy or where does their voice fit in the industry? What advice can you give, let's say people just entering in this industry in order to find their niche? And I don't know if like, I think niches can be ever evolving, I don't know about you, but you know. Heidi Rew (10:15.182) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (10:23.458) Yeah. Heidi Rew (10:27.939) Oh, 100%. Yeah. Anne (10:28.994) How do they discover that? What's your best advice for that? Heidi Rew (10:32.894) So one of the things that we do that's really important, but you can do this whether you're working with a private coach or whatever, but we have one of our foundational training is called the Beginner VoiceOver Intensive, and it's a three month thing. It has like this curriculum that goes with it. So one of the weeks that we do, you go into the booth to record and you do just a bunch of different spots that are in different types of tones and specs and everything. Anne (10:57.719) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (11:00.022) And then your class and the instructor will write down what they feel like is your natural three top reads. Just you as yourself and that you can just, as you're speaking, it just comes so naturally. You don't have to push it or force it or anything. And then they also write down descriptions about your voice. So maybe it's like, you know, Anne (11:09.158) Mm. Mm-hmm. Anne (11:17.614) Sure. Heidi Rew (11:27.314) grandfather that always has a funny joke. You know what I mean? Like it's like that warmth caring but also he can be funny and you know what I mean witty. So they write down all that stuff so then that person that comes out of the booth they have all this vocabulary of some of their strengths with their voice right which is kind of just the step one of figuring out like where do I fit you know what is that uniqueness that I can bring to the table. Anne (11:30.955) Mm-hmm. Anne (11:43.571) Yeah. Anne (11:50.812) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (11:55.334) So you can do that even with like a private coach. They can help you discover that. But another thing that's really important, I think, is just be a collector of data, you know, yourself. And because it's, we forget so quickly when people give us like specific encouragement or things of like, oh, I really love, you know. Anne (12:08.289) Yeah. Anne (12:18.698) Mm. Heidi Rew (12:22.294) the way that you've got that texture in your voice. It kind of feels like a warm blanket or whatever. Anytime somebody says something about your voice, write it down. Collect that data because then you're going to have this whole data set of stuff that you're like, oh, this is me. This is who I am. This is what I can bring to the table. And then when you do that, then you can kind of figure out, okay, what is, what are the specific genres that maybe Anne (12:25.08) Mm-hmm. Anne (12:32.911) Mmm, great idea. Anne (12:42.19) Mm-hmm. Anne (12:50.379) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (12:51.627) that I would fit in the best. So, yeah. Anne (12:53.214) Yeah, that would cater to those qualities. Yeah, it's so hard to assess. It's kind of like, I think that's why self-direction is so difficult, right? I mean, you have to assess where you're at by yourself. And I think that I love the fact that you have a whole class where you have other ears involved in the process and other people helping, saying, well, this is what I hear. And it can really help you to help define where your space can be and where your niche can be. Heidi Rew (13:05.437) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (13:16.315) Mm-hmm. Anne (13:22.826) and also where you might want to grow. Because I think there are a lot of times somebody will say something about your voice that you didn't expect. Like somebody will say, oh my God, that's a great character. And I'm like, but me? I've never thought about doing character work or animation work or that kind of a thing. So I think that the process with a great coach or another set of ears that can help you. Heidi Rew (13:22.894) Yeah. Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (13:33.818) Mmm. Heidi Rew (13:44.409) Mm-hmm. Anne (13:46.382) to establish that can really help you to grow and then can help you to develop your ear. I think there's a whole science to developing an ear, which is it doesn't, that doesn't happen overnight. Heidi Rew (13:49.134) Yes. Heidi Rew (13:52.63) Yes. Yeah. Heidi Rew (13:58.006) No, I still feel like I'm fine tuning my ear. And as things change, you know what I mean? Like I've grown up learning that polished sound and that polished sound in commercial is just like, so many people don't want the polished sound. And it is so hard to like make sure that I'm hearing the right things, yeah. Cause I wanna default to that, so. Anne (14:01.01) Yeah. Oh, right. Yeah. Anne (14:06.951) Mm-hmm. Anne (14:13.866) Yeah, yeah. Not be perfect. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, that's so interesting. So outside of performance, right, what would you say are key factors for any boss out there in order to grow their business? What sorts of things outside of, of course, keeping their performance, you know, and I say coaching and training all the time, but what else is important for a successful business? Heidi Rew (14:44.71) Yeah. So personally for me, I am all about relationships. That has been one of the things that has helped me create a sustainable full-time voiceover career. It really is. Not only do I seek out relationships and I don't seek them out for like, oh, what can you give me? But I have the mentality of like, give more than you can, more than you get. Anne (14:51.531) Mmm. Anne (15:06.164) Mm-hmm. Anne (15:14.375) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (15:14.682) But I just think that the more relationships that I have and the more people that I know, the more potential opportunity is gonna come my way, because of people that they work with, people that they know, they like and they trust. And so I am really a big proponent on creating those relationships and maintaining those relationships as best as possible over the longterm. And that has been... Anne (15:24.502) Mm. Mm-hmm. Anne (15:28.415) Mm-hmm. Anne (15:38.168) Mm-hmm. Yeah. Heidi Rew (15:41.654) That has been one of the biggest things that during times where things aren't, I'm not booking as many commercials or whatever, that those clients come back. It's just like, it feels like magic. Yes. Anne (15:53.098) right, in those lulls. Because I think the biggest difference, right, in our businesses is that, you know, as opposed to it, because I worked in the corporate world, you know, I expected that paycheck and got that paycheck every other week. And now all of a sudden, we've got, you know, our own business, which, ooh, now we got to hustle. We got to go get that business. We have to nurture those relationships. And we have to sustain, which I think you said the word sustainability, which I really love, because over the years, I mean, my gosh. Our overnight success, which for me has been how many years? Like 10, something like that. I mean, it's been sticking with it. Talk to me a little bit because you've been in the industry for a long time. What is it that you say, what would you say is key to success in terms of having a career that can continually, I guess, evolve along with the times and be sustained for a long time? Heidi Rew (16:26.769) Right. Heidi Rew (16:30.811) Yeah. Heidi Rew (16:46.61) Mm-hmm. Yeah. So I want to share really quick this, I don't know if you've ever read James Clear's Atomic Habits book. It's so good. But he gives an example of bamboo. And bamboo, if you've ever seen, there's a bamboo forest here in Atlanta that's on this beautiful hike. And it's just so gorgeous. It's so tall and everything. Well, bamboo, when they first are planted, you don't see hardly anything for five years. Anne (16:55.398) I have not. Anne (17:04.96) Mm-hmm. Anne (17:15.467) Mmm. Heidi Rew (17:15.598) and then all of a sudden within six weeks, they shoot up like, I don't know how, I'm gonna say 90 feet, that's not true. You can fact check me on that if we have fact check. Anyways, it's something along those lines, very, very tall, in about six weeks. And the reason why is because they develop such a strong root system. Anne (17:23.607) That's tall. That's tall. Anne (17:34.461) Mmm Heidi Rew (17:35.314) that that's what they're doing in that five years. So you don't even see you're like, what's going on? Nothing's going on. And actually a lot is going on so that way they can stay strong for years and years. So that's part of it is, I think, you know, creating a good foundation. But I think the other part and I think this is really true and I don't I can't give anybody a certain like applicable thing to do to discover this. But the problem about. Anne (17:42.122) Wow, yeah, I love that. Heidi Rew (18:04.558) becoming a voice talent, especially if you're in another, you know, job or whatever, is that it's all on you to do every, you are the business, right? And sometimes the biggest hindrance to growth is ourselves and things that we find ourselves doing, you know. For me, I, one, I want people to like me. I want to do a really good job. Like I don't ever want to not do a good job, obviously. Anne (18:14.058) Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Anne (18:21.07) Mm-hmm. Anne (18:32.973) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (18:34.886) And I can get really caught up on my performance and it just makes me want to go I'm done. This is too much I want to quit well that has nothing to do with my business. It has nothing to do with numbers It has nothing to do with data. It's all on me my own Insecurities my own you know fears about things so I think that The more that I'm able to uncover things about myself like little hiccups that I put my own way Anne (18:45.27) Mmm. Heidi Rew (19:01.99) actually the better my business is, you know, and it's just it's easier to not have to face those. I think when you are in another business where there's a lot of other people coming to your aid, you know, and being able to do things and, you know, make up for your weaknesses and everything. Anne (19:12.147) Oh yeah, absolutely. Anne (19:20.01) You know, it's such a thing when we talk about, you know, having moments of doubt and wanting to give up and wanting to quit. I mean, you know, self-sabotage. I mean, we talk about that quite a bit. I mean, what can you, what's your best advice? What can you say to those bosses out there that are just, they're like frustrated. I, you know, I'm not booking any work. I can't continue to, you know, fund. Heidi Rew (19:32.486) Yeah. Anne (19:47.334) this career if I'm not making any money at it. Because that just happens quite a bit. I hear that a lot from talent. Heidi Rew (19:54.83) Yeah, of course, of course. I heard there's a wonderful psychologist, Angela Duckworth. She's written books and everything. And she said something that I will never forget. And this one thing will help so much. She said, don't quit on a bad day. If you're having a bad day and you want to quit, do not quit on that day. Now, if you have a great day and you just booked a great thing and you still want to quit, OK. Anne (20:11.906) Mmm. Heidi Rew (20:24.39) Then quit, because you know that it is, it's not the challenges that are coming your way, but it's just the actual job itself. But if it's those challenges and those hard days, push through, because I mean, there are, I still have days like that, and I'm how long into my career? Like, it's crazy. And you think, and I think. Anne (20:41.578) Right? Isn't that true? Like, and we've been in this forever, right? And we still have days. Heidi Rew (20:49.314) If people looked at it, you're like, but you're making a great full-time income from this job. And there are still days that I want to quit. And I just think, OK, you know what? I don't quit on a bad day. And then also, sometimes I do quit just for the day. You know, I'm like, Anne (20:54.442) Mm-hmm. Anne (21:02.879) I like that. Don't quit on a bad day. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, I like that. I'm quitting for the day. Heidi Rew (21:10.046) I am, I'm either burnt out or I've got just too much. I need to quit for today. I need to go on a walk. I need to do something else for my mental health. And then tomorrow, jump back in. Anne (21:12.607) Mm-hmm. Anne (21:23.102) Yeah, I like that. So what are some important tools that you would recommend for voice actors in order to further their career? Heidi Rew (21:34.822) So I will say that I have had a CRM since I started, but let me tell you, this CRM is, I mean, it's Google Sheets. Like that was my CRM for years. And I honestly, and yeah, and same, I'm literally right before we got on here, I've been trying. Anne (21:42.145) Mmm. Anne (21:49.334) Yeah, yeah, yeah. My name is Google, too. That was my CRM. It actually still is. OK. Ha, ha. Heidi Rew (22:01.382) to migrate all of my clients over to Voice Over View. Because listen, my system works for me. I get it. The only problem is a search function. I don't like that because I love to be able to go, I don't have a great memory. And so I mean, I just had a session where I booked a job. And the guy was like, hey, Heidi, we worked together years ago on this. And I'm like, ugh. Anne (22:05.011) Uh huh, uh huh. Anne (22:08.992) Yes. Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (22:28.654) So I'm typing in word war, you know what I mean? Like who did I, what was this? And I found it, it was fine, and I have all my notes there, but I really do need to be able to quickly search things. Because two, if you've been in this business, you probably are the same way for a long time. The people that are at one company that you worked with years ago, they may be at a completely different company. And so you need to be able to reference things and search things. Anne (22:29.559) Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh gosh, yeah. Anne (22:40.162) quickly get to it. Mm-hmm. Anne (22:50.122) Yeah, yeah, mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (22:56.618) So that CRM says no matter what you do, have a way to track your clients. Have a way to track your clients. And don't get frustrated if it's not perfect or whatever, but just start doing it. Start putting those notes in there. Because again, relationships, that's so big. And if you get to the point where you're booking a ton, it's really hard to keep track. I know it sounds so weird, but it's just like, I can't. Anne (23:03.263) Yeah, that's yeah. Anne (23:22.592) Yeah. Heidi Rew (23:23.138) Remember this the guy that I was talking to about his kids softball game that weekend that I would love to mention to him You know in the follow-up email And so you really so that's that would be my first tool for sure and then the second tool to be honest with you and I would say maybe you can't do this at the very beginning of your career, but a bookkeeper Anne (23:29.558) Mm-hmm. Anne (23:49.338) Oh gosh, I'm right there with you. Right there with you. I say over and over again, my accountant is the best investment I ever made in my business. Yep. Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (23:53.422) I mean, and I- Heidi Rew (23:59.126) 100% I agree. I agree. I mean, I, when I was learning QuickBooks, I mean, I remember crying at the table in front of my CPA and accountant, like I was like, I just, I didn't make, make it make sense, you know. It was so, so hard. And so it is, oh my gosh. Anne (24:08.862) Oh god, I know. Anne (24:19.486) And it's tedious too. It's not, if it doesn't bring you joy, outsource it. That's what I say. Ha ha. Heidi Rew (24:25.63) And do you like reconciling? Because I hate it. I hate it and it is the easiest thing. It's like, come on. Anne (24:28.174) No, I hate it. I hate it with a passion, but my accountant loves it. I mean, that's why they're an accountant for a career. They love numbers, for the most part. Yeah, I can't stand it. Yeah. Heidi Rew (24:35.522) Exactly. Oh my gosh. I hate it. I would just dread it. I would put it off and then all of a sudden at the end of the year I have to reconcile like months and I'm like okay. Anne (24:45.218) And I've had my accountant, I want to say, for a good eight years or so. She knows me so well. She knows my business so well, which is really wonderful. And she's not anywhere near me. So we use QuickBooks online. And literally, the two of us can meet once a week or every other week. Heidi Rew (24:49.654) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (24:57.922) Yeah. Anne (25:02.13) to kind of go over things and she can generate numbers for me. She does my taxes. I mean my taxes I don't even have to prep anything. That's the cool thing is that you know before it was like Oh my god tax season was just you know the end of the year would come and I'd be like Oh god, I've got to get everything together And I've got to somehow figure out how to do and QuickBooks keeps updating and you know It's like trying to make things simpler, but I don't like it and so it's just like I don't want to spend time Yes Heidi Rew (25:09.186) Right. Heidi Rew (25:17.529) Yeah. Heidi Rew (25:25.654) Yeah. So what we're saying is don't quit on a bad day or on tax day because it can get better. Anne (25:32.062) Yes, or on tax day. I can't tell you though how wonderful it was to have taxes done, you know, so. Quickly, I mean, literally, I just said, hey, it's April. Are we all set? She goes, yeah, I'll have your numbers tomorrow. Literally, it was like, oh, god, I didn't have to really organize anything. Every time I would get something in the mail, my forms, I would just forward them to her. She had it, and it was just, boom, she was able to do it. And it was wonderful. So those are some good business tools, a CRM and an accountant. Anything else? What about, let's talk about, Heidi Rew (25:40.728) Yeah. Heidi Rew (25:51.492) Yeah. Heidi Rew (26:02.906) Yes. Yeah. Anne (26:10.364) What about demos? I mean, I consider a demo a portfolio of your product, and your product is your voice. Let's talk about demos. How important are they these days? There's been some discussion out there about how important really is the demo. I mean, isn't the audition more important? What do you think? Heidi Rew (26:11.252) Yeah. Heidi Rew (26:16.182) Yes. Yeah. Let's talk about. Heidi Rew (26:22.734) Mm-hmm. Yeah. I mean, I think that the demo is still important for a lot of different reasons. I mean, one, if you do want to get on with an agent, you need a good demo. And it needs to be really, really good. Anne (26:38.518) Yeah, kinda need a demo. Because you can't audition at every second of the day. And your demo is kind of there as the representative voice of you when you're not available to audition at the very second that a client might want to hear your voice. Heidi Rew (26:45.187) right. Heidi Rew (26:50.342) Right. Yeah. Plus, I think that being able to be ready for a demo, and I'm speaking more, I will say I'm not an expert on a lot of the demos, but commercial demo, you know, we do at Atlanta VoiceOver Studio. We let everybody else do all the other stuff. But also, that's kind of your way of going, I'm ready to do this. Like, as a talent, I feel like when Anne (27:06.647) Mm-hmm. Anne (27:16.63) Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (27:21.426) to do a commercial demo, then it also shows to you, like you need to be able to, it's kind of like just showing your work, like I'm ready, look, and here's what I can do, yeah. You know, we, so we actually, we used to have like a long wait list for our demos, and now we hardly, we don't have a wait list, and part of it is because we put all these like barriers for people. Anne (27:29.598) Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm. Here's my work, yeah. Anne (27:40.279) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (27:46.394) before they did their demo. So I think people are scared. They're like, oh gosh, there's a lot of work to get to that. But we're like, well, you know what? That's fine. We're not out to be a demo factory. Anne (27:48.125) Mmm. Anne (27:55.606) Well, I kind of really respect that because, you know what I mean? It's one of those things where nobody will ever come and say, well, you guys are just a demo mill. And that there are prerequisites. I mean, I always put a big, huge disclaimer saying, I'm not gonna produce a demo if you're not ready because you need to be able to replicate that sound. I mean, and so I do feel demos are an important tool. Heidi Rew (28:04.974) No. Heidi Rew (28:09.185) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (28:14.455) Right. Heidi Rew (28:19.042) Yeah, 100%. Yeah. Yep. Heidi Rew (28:25.488) Yes. Anne (28:25.99) for a business. What else? What about, I mean, I feel like every voice actor needs to have an online presence. Website slash social media slash... Heidi Rew (28:32.994) I 100% agree with that. Yes, you need to have a website. So with Atlanta Voice Over Studio, we have these industry pro workouts where we'll bring in agents or creative directors or casting directors or whatever. I've had several people that have been our industry pro that have said, you know what? We wanted to book somebody. Anne (28:45.329) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (28:55.586) We couldn't find them. Or they're like, I love this voice, and then we couldn't find them. They had no website. We couldn't search for them. You need to be searchable these days. You need to be searchable. Anne (28:57.402) Ah, interesting. Mm-hmm, yeah. Mm-hmm. That's a wonderful, yeah, I love that you brought that up because I mean, I host workouts as well with agents and casting directors and yeah, an online presence, a website, and a way to get to your demo or a sample that can be downloaded and passed around. Heidi Rew (29:20.23) Yes. Yeah. Anne (29:23.73) I think I can't tell you the amount of times I've gone to a website and you can't download their demo or there's not an easy way to get in touch with them. Like where's the contact information or there's a form somebody has to fill out. And I'm like I just really give me an email address or a phone number or you know so that I can I can get in touch quickly because you don't want to make it too hard for somebody to get in touch with you and everything. But I'm afraid to maybe post my phone number to for spam. I'm like really? Like I mean you're a business. You're a business. Heidi Rew (29:32.203) Yes. Heidi Rew (29:38.312) I know, yeah. Heidi Rew (29:44.343) Right. Heidi Rew (29:50.706) I have my number, phone number up there, I know. I agree, I agree. Yeah. Anne (29:54.826) a phone number or some way to get in touch with you. I mean, I will say that I literally, this is on a personal note, there have been some vendors, some very large vendors that have foregone phone support and gone completely digital where they'll have like a chat bot on their website, which I think is fine. But when you've got those problems or those questions, or you need to contact them for, you know, something that isn't covered by their chat bot, Heidi Rew (30:09.873) Hmm. Heidi Rew (30:17.967) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (30:23.247) Yeah. Anne (30:24.31) Being able to contact somebody either in a Zoom, a video meeting or a phone call is really, really helpful. And a lot of companies I know to save money have foregone that tech support or that phone support. And I will say right now, I don't know if that's gonna last very long because there are always those conditions where people need to get in touch with you, like quickly. Heidi Rew (30:31.776) Yeah. Heidi Rew (30:39.067) Hmm. Heidi Rew (30:49.154) Yeah. And this is for vendors. No voice talent have done it, right? Or. Anne (30:52.96) Yeah. Well, I always, I mean, I make sure that people can get in touch with me in any which way. I'm like, here's my email, here's a phone number, here's a Zoom link, here's a Source Connect link, here's an IPDTL link. Go ahead, get in touch with me. And I deal with spam. Yeah, I deal with spam, you know, and it's just, it's just it. I mean, there's lots of spam protection filters in place. So for me, I would rather have somebody be able to get in touch with me because gosh, they might want to hire me. But. Heidi Rew (30:58.926) Right. Yeah. I agree. Heidi Rew (31:08.546) I know. I even put it on my social accounts too. Heidi Rew (31:14.358) Yep. Mm-hmm. Yep. Heidi Rew (31:20.218) Yeah, of course. Do you think that it matters what type of genre you're into? Because I know commercials, I mean, they move so fast. I lost a job just the other weekend because I couldn't do it. I literally had Lasik surgery, so I couldn't get it done. But they needed it right then and there. And I couldn't do it. But I couldn't do it. Anne (31:30.391) They do. Oh, all the time, because you can't respond in time. Mm-hmm. Anne (31:40.698) Yeah, yeah. Anne (31:45.854) Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. Well, I know if I can't contact somebody, if they don't get back to me right away, I'm like, well, fine, I guess you don't want the work. I mean, sure, you don't want my business, that's fine. I'll just go find somebody that does. So, gosh, so what's next for you and the Atlanta VoiceOver Studio? What's in your future? Heidi Rew (31:47.822) So that's another reason why I'm like my phone numbers everywhere and Heidi Rew (32:01.102) Yeah. Yep. Heidi Rew (32:07.954) Gosh, honestly, some potentially big changes. But not, yeah, I don't even know if it's, so the place that we rent, the lease is up in October. And our original plan was to buy something. There's just not a lot available in Atlanta right now that's the size that we need. And Anne (32:15.905) Ooh, sounds exciting. Anne (32:24.322) Mm-hmm. Anne (32:34.064) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (32:36.534) and stuff so we'll probably move spaces. So that's a big thing, that'll be a move in October. And yeah, so I don't know, we're gonna have to change some things. To be honest with you, the studio has been wonderful, it's grown so much. I mean, we're about to celebrate eight years this summer, which is crazy. Anne (32:42.117) Ooh, that's a big thing. Anne (32:56.622) Mm-hmm. Wow, that's fantastic. Heidi Rew (33:02.198) But it's been a lot on Mike and I. So it may even be changes of like we fine tune things or we shrink some of the things that we offer, to be honest with you, because it's a lot of work on our part. And we try and take the weekends off, but you know, we don't take a paycheck either from the studio. And so that's been like, ugh. Yeah, I know you do. I know. Anne (33:04.579) Mm-hmm. Anne (33:09.403) Mm-hmm. Anne (33:14.034) Yeah. Do you have a day off? Anne (33:19.314) Okay, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I'll tell you what is funny. I don't have a studio and I work six and a half days a week. So, and I really try not to because you're right. I think for my own creative mindset and health, it's important to have that refresh time. So. Heidi Rew (33:32.964) Yeah. I know. Well, and let me ask you this too, because this is something that I think we've experienced is like we, Mike and I love to give to people. And that's been the thing with Atlanta VoiceOver Studio, but if you keep giving and giving and giving, it's really easy to get burned out. And you're just like, I... Anne (33:43.8) Mm-hmm. Anne (33:54.95) Yeah, it is. It is. Heidi Rew (33:57.03) wasn't able to fill up and we recognize that too with like it like COVID was really hard going through all of that and then coming out of it and yeah I you know it yeah. Anne (34:05.281) Yeah. It is hard, it is hard. And I know I did that with Vio Peeps for a long, long time. I mean, you give, you give, you give. Vio Boss, this podcast is one of those, I wanted to give back. And if you're not careful, it will burn you out. It is one of those things. And I thought, well, maybe I'll give up the Vio Peeps and it'll just be Vio Boss. And I couldn't do that, because I don't know, I liked my bird, I liked my little Peeps bird. And I love my Vio Boss. And I, so. Heidi Rew (34:17.722) Hmm. Heidi Rew (34:22.331) Yeah. Heidi Rew (34:30.307) I know. Well, and we like to give. Yeah, it's not, yeah, it's not gonna stop, but it is a tricky thing to try and find that balance of like, how do I fill back up myself so I can give to other people, so. Anne (34:39.322) Yeah, it is. It's yes to navigate. Yes. Well, absolutely. Well, you guys have just been amazing and you're just an icon in Atlanta there. And it was so wonderful to actually get the opportunity to have you on the show because you guys are bosses and you are a boss. So, yeah, thank you so much. And we really appreciate you sharing your nuggets of wisdom. Heidi Rew (34:51.402) Uh... Heidi Rew (34:59.05) I know. Oh. Anne (35:17.406) when you have self doubts. Because that really means a lot to people out there that think, gosh, she must have it all, because she's been doing it forever. And it really helps to know that we're not alone out there. And so I appreciate your transparency. So, yes. Heidi Rew (35:19.026) Mm-hmm. Heidi Rew (35:25.188) Mm-mm. No. Heidi Rew (35:29.476) Yeah. Heidi Rew (35:33.146) Yeah, thank you so much for having me on, and thank you, VO Bosses, for letting me be with you in this moment. Anne (35:39.314) Yay, yay, awesome. All right guys, a big shout out to our sponsor, IPDTL. You too can connect and network like Heidi and I. Find out more at ipdtl.com. You guys have an amazing week and we'll see you next week.  

Happy Holidays from the Danimals Baseball Franchise! On our Holiday episode we are joined by our lovable catcher, Chayson Dulatre and OG Danimal, Michael Nishiki Danimals Media Team: Jarin Kobashigawa, Ryan Nakamura, Cindy Wu

With the 2023 HBL Fall Ball Season coming to an end and with Mistah Coach finally coming up for some air after being nose-deep in da books, we are finally back with season two of Under The Lights, Presented by Danimals Baseball! On this episode, we recap the historic Fall Ball season, choose which Danimals are what Spongebob characters, and quiz Cindy on her baseball IQ. Mahalo to our sponsors Growler Hawaii, Aloha Capz, Aloha Mitts, and BarberFitHi Danimals Media Team: Jarin Kobashigawa, Cindy Wu, Jaelin Sonoda

Have you ever participated in a sweepstakes? Allen talks about him trying for something with Pepsi, Travis with McDonald's Producer Emily has a Danimals and Jorge Arcade game tickets for a BIG Prize! Lincoln Riley keeps saying the same things and Why does Chip Kelly still have a job at UCLA? Corporate Greg join us in studio to talk about UCLA. Producer Emily has her topics ready for FACT or CAP and Travis impersonates Billy Payne! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't forget to suck some TITTTIIEES!!!..Enjoy another edition of Off N Beat W/ Clint Nelson. Enjoy! In Episode 213, Clint Rambles about: being called a "zaddy", baseball coaches don't matter, Pay Disparity in a workplace, jobs & their so called "great opportunity", Ike Turner was on to something.., clint punishing his future child by putting back the Danimals, the georgia woman who tried to murder her husband by going on vacation to the bahamas, us adults should recieve the child support that is due!!!, Clint's 3 P's(prizepicks, p***, podcasting), gambling on your phone is manipulative, Dave Portnoy buying Barstool back & the behind the scenes, & more!Click link below to leave a thumbs up on today's episode & subscribe to the Off N Beat W/ Clint Nelson podcast on youtube. thank you

Dan Liedahl is often described as your favorite boarder's favorite boarder, and we have to agree. Dan, aka Dirt Bike Dan, aka Danimals, is a Hyland Hills legend and has moved on to the big leagues filming incredible video parts with Videograss, Vans, and Ride and provides us with a little insight into his approach to snowboarding. According to many, Danimals is the chillest man on earth. How does he do it you might ask? Join us as we sit down and figure out how he does it on this weeks episode of The Bomb Hole!

Andrew Ti is back with Jesse and Jordan to talk about his human-sized dog crate, his trip to the Taco Bell cantina in Las Vegas and, of course, how Rule 34 definitely applies to the Danimals monkey mascot Bongo the Monkey. Enjoy this very normal episode!Pre-order Jordan's upcoming Archie Horror comic "Camp Pickens" at your local comic shop NOW with code APR231183! On shelves 6/21!Head to magicspoon.com/JJGO to grab a custom bundle of cereal and try the magic for yourself! And be sure to use our promo code JJGO at checkout to save five dollars off your order!Make sure to support this great network by heading on over to maximumfun.org/join

Did you know there's a lot more to Danone than Dannon? Do you know the definition of a B Corp? Oat or Soy... or a new low-sugar non-dairy milk? Linda Bethea, Head of Marketing for Danone North America—a top 15 Food and Beverage company in the US—gives us the insider's scoop on all of the above and how she markets all TWENTY of Danone's brands. She is shaping the marketing strategy for some of the most loved CPG products in the country—from Danimals to Evian Water and (my personal favorite) Stok Coffee. Since Danone is the country's LARGEST B Corp (listen and learn!), we explore the role of brand purpose in marketing today. Something that runs deep at Danone, going back half a century when the CEO started the concept of a “Dual Project" where companies care about societal value as much as shareholder value. Consumers want brands that take a stand and have a strong point of view. Building brands with purpose that positively impact the world is core to everything we do at Danone. Linda has enjoyed an impressive marketing career across CPG categories, from potato chips to liquor, and now leads a massive team that's moving the Danone name into the future. That means pushing the envelope on product development, navigating the ever-changing marketing landscape, and finding unique brand partnerships that align with the corporate mission... all while continuing to “delight” consumers. Heads up, there will be a lot of (brand)name-dropping in this episode! Linda and I get into: How consumer tastes and trends drive innovation and marketing creativity Linda's path from soda to spirits to spirited field work that that supercharged her path to leadership and taught her how to negotiate and get things done Cool ways Danone is raising the sustainability bar, like rescuing fruit and repurposing bottles into shoes...and how those efforts influenced her home life Her definition of brand purpose and how proper marketing of it impacts consumer choice and company values What' my on my plate as an ova-lacto-pesce-vegetarian, and is the demand for plant-based foods today just a trend or...? Why she's bullish on audio when it comes to winning the consumer attention game (this will really resonate when you catch my NEXT podcast interview -- with Pierre Bouvard, Head of Research for Cumulus Westwood One!) How she earned the nickname of The Velvet Hammer... And...what Linda reads and watches with her 13-year-old daughter that makes her a better parent. She's smart, and inspiring and mission-driven. Don't miss this conversation with a conscientious consumer marketer and leader. NOTE: If you'll be at SXSW in March '22, you can find her speaking with me more about the power of audio, thanks to Sounds Profitable. Ask me for deets. podcasts@mossappeal.com Big scoop! Read about the impact of dairy and what Danone is doing to reduce methane. And see their new campaign for Silk "NextMilk", designed to inspire the next generation of milk drinkers, but made from plants and with 75% less sugar. The #whosnext campaign features plant-based enthusiasts such as Brooklyn Beckham, Sailor Brinkley-Cook, and Myles O'Neal donning their best Silk ‘stache and inviting others to join them. Watch the hit Super Bowl spot from Oikos Listen to the Insider Interviews episode about Sustainable Brands, with founder KoAnn Skrzyniarz Learn about B corp certification Check out The Female Quotient -- and get your OWN velvet hammer or mini microphone charm: https://www.thefemalequotient.com/ Social: Connect with Linda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-bethea-12b7a1 Follow Danone: https://www.instagram.com/danonenorthamerica/ Follow Insider Interviews and E.B. Moss: Twitter: @insiderintervws and @mossappeal  IG: @insiderinterviews and @mossappeal   FB:  InsiderInterviewsPodcast and PINTEREST because, yes, it's a thing  LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mossappeal   And,

So...maybe you're curious about what ever happened to the Danimals Zack & Cody Sweepstakes? Who won? Was it a hoax? Are the Sprouse Twins the masterminds? How deep does it go? So many unanswered questions?! Unfortunately they will all stay unanswered for you unless you sub to our Onlyfans where our conversation on this matter is discussed. Unfortunately we don't have an Onlyfans for you to sub to so no Danimals convo for you. However...if that's something you'd be interested in then let us know on Instagram so we can put our totally already recorded discussion on there for you to listen to! Oh and uhhh None of this has much relevance to this episode so if you want to know what it's about then uhhh just click play duhhh. See you all next week!! Or something like that.

Linda is the Head of Marketing at Danone. She leads an amazing team responsible for brand purpose, media, design, creative, and shopper marketing for all of Danone's US brands. The US represents the largest business unit of France-based Danone's $30B business and is one of the top 15 food and beverage companies in the US with beloved brands such as Silk, So Delicious, Horizon, International Delight, Activia, Dannon, Light & Fit, Danimals, Oikos, and Evian. Danone's mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible. We chat about how to achieve brand growth, the art and science of marketing, how to marry data and design to develop plans that exceed business objectives, and more! Connect with me, Joe LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joemomoh/ Facebook: facebook.com/thejoemomoh Instagram: instagram.com/codessa.io/ Twitter: twitter.com/thejoemomoh

Episode 10 of Under The Lights Presented by Danimals Baseball features one of the greatest additions to the Danimals Franchise, Defensive Specialist, and 2022 NWC All-Conference DH Shane Himeda. Here, we learn about Shane's career and how it developed from being a spectator of the 2014 State Tournament to having the opportunity as a freshman to pinch-hit in the Quarterfinals of the 2015 State Tournament. After Himeda's best season as a Logger at Puget Sound, where he earned multiple athletic accolades, Shane has returned home to play with the Danimals and spend his nights fishing for Ulua.

You think they come around for dat Utu B*ng B*ng but no, they really come around for Mr. Kreighton Tsuruda-Gaspar. On Episode 5 of Under The Lights Presented by Danimals Baseball, we welcomed the new Strength and Conditioning Coach at Hawaii Pacific Baseball. Although he is relatively new to the Danimals, Kreighton has had no problem fitting in and has actually already begun to recruit some HPU and high school talent! Danimals Media Team: Jarin Kobashigawa, Ryan Nakamura, Brandon Roberts, Jaelin Sonoda, Emerson Lau

This week, Dan, Morg, and Devon watch more of Sonic X! Sonic is a cool teen. Sam Speed hits on Chris' teacher. Devon says "salimy". THIS WEEK: Sonic X Season 1 Episodes 14+15 NEXT WEEK: Big the Cat Dan | Morg | Devon Twitter | Discord

This week on Under The Lights Presented by: Danimals Baseball we welcome our youngest guest to the show, Reyn Matsuzaki. Reyn is a budding catcher at Mid-Pac and has been with the Danimals long enough to have accumulated the necessary resumé to become the first inductee into the #Screamer Hall of Fame. We chat about Reyn's success at a high school showcase in California, his ongoing college search process, and the hosts share some tips for Reyn as he prepares to re-take his driver's test. Danimals Media Team: Jarin Kobashigawa, Ryan Nakamura, Brandon Roberts, Jaelin Sonoda, Emerson Lau

This week on Under The Lights, Presented by Danimals Baseball, the "ceremonial first pitch" for this podcast gets thrown as hosts Ryan Nakamura, Jarin Kobashigawa, and Brandon Roberts get started in talking about how the Danimals team got started. We highlight Robert's impressive competitive baseball career and learn about his days as a multi-sport athlete in high school, his "chunky" days in college, and how it all differs from the style of play that the Danimals have. Also Happy Birthday to Brandon Roberts. We love you so much and thank you for all the laughs and bat flips through all the years! Have a good one Brobbb Danimals Media Team: Jarin Kobashigawa, Ryan Nakamura, Brandon Roberts, Jaelin Sonoda, Emerson Lau

We explore the discography and sound of the band Glass Animals. Of course, we also go through the natural accompaniment to the band by drinking several Danimals flavors out of glasses.

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We join the 8th squad of the High Threat Response Team as they go back to the steadfast and are briefed on their missions that will start the next day, but until then there are starfinders to bully and hot danimals to drink.Thanks to @KeylligraphyInk for the logo design. The tracks used in this episode are Music: Enemy Spotted by Jess who you can find on twitter @oneshotminiboss and Uncertain ground by Blue Dot Sessions, which is licensed under the attribution non commercial 4.0 international license.Find Us Online:Twitter: www.twitter.com/dicefiendsDiscord: https://discord.gg/j54FrbhTwitch: www.twitch.tv/thedicefiendsCast and Crew:- GM(Goro Majima) : Eric - Embrae: Mak- Zi'zak : Jess - Lorick: Lillie- Hopper: Nick- Kivra: Theo About Us: Welcome to Dice Fiends, we are an actual play podcast that runs games in over a dozen systems with a rotating and diverse cast of players. But one thing's for certain: whether we're powered by the apocalypse or grabbing as many d6's as we can hold in shadowrun: We're fiends for the sounds of rolling dice. You can find us every Wednesday on Itunes, Spotify, or wherever you get good podcasts. 

Today we recorded live on Twitch so we could bring you real-time goofs (I mean, not now. But the people who watched live got to... you get it). Topics today include: The terrible medical system in America and how we grift them, Twitch streamers who SWAT themselves, if cars are just mankind trying to replicate life just to serve us all, how to start collecting old people so they can live in your basement and consume Danimals™ yogurt out of a pig trough, Tyler slices us all with a hot new Sword Watch about a 16 year old who hates his dad. Suggest topics and ask questions for future episodes over on our Discord or on Twitter! -Socials- Shapeless Media: Twitter.com/ShapelessMedia Tory: http://bit.ly/ToryTwitter Tyler: http://bit.ly/TylerTwitterSG Tay: http://bit.ly/TayTwitter Discord: https://discord.gg/78uGZZYhkz Instagram: instagram.com/ShapelessGaming Baseless Claims Facebook: facebook.com/BaselessClaims TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdDtkUhr/ PodDecks: https://powered-by-pod-decks.peachs.co/a/tory-thompson

We're doin' animals now?! Dude, this podcast sux. But, whateves.  Let's watch Baboons take over a small town.  Giraffes fight to the death!  And other animals that put us to shame. More Fairweather FriendsInstagram: Tik Tok: Facebook: Twitter: Twitch: Follow the Audio! iTunes Stitcher DeezerContact: Fairweatherfriendspod@gmail.comRSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1317451.rssAbout Fairweather Friends: The Fairweather Friends is a bunch of comics that started a live movie riffing/roasting group called CHEAP SHOTS in 2013.  After a couple of years, theaters closed, and a few members moved all over the country. Thus, ending the group. TearsDuring the pandemic, they decided to get the band back together and create a show around the hang that occurred before, and after their live shows.  Join them as they talk mad trash on all of the things. Subscribe

Today on the podcast we are once again visited by the terrible laundry human who somehow left an entire unopened bottle of Danimals sloppy yogurt in the dryer. We jump to a new segment diving into the proper etiquette to life's worst situations. How do you handle holding a door open? What do you say if an alcoholic wants you to buy them booze? What if they're hot? Find out in this episode! -Socials- Shapeless Media: Twitter.com/ShapelessMedia Tory: http://bit.ly/ToryTwitter Tyler: http://bit.ly/TylerTwitterSG Tay: http://bit.ly/TayTwitter Discord: https://discord.gg/78uGZZYhkz Instagram: instagram.com/ShapelessGaming Baseless Claims Facebook: facebook.com/BaselessClaims

Surprise! It's another bonus episode, this time about the new novel Prepped by Bethany Mangle. Join Mara and Josh as they explore the ins and outs of love in a doomsday community. Also discussed: Gone Girl, Alan Moore, Scientology, sleepovers, Danimals, Heelys, and "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus. Contact us at hfkpodcast@gmail.com or @hfkpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. We're also on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/user/show/90379252-josh-mara Theme music composed by Ben Ash. Visit him at www.benash.com. Mixing and drums by Chaz Bommarito, guitar by Jakael Tristram. Note: This month's episode is being uploaded in WAV format instead of MP3 due to technical challenges. Please let us know if this affects your downloading or listening experience.

The divine powers have reached out to Tory this week to wrongly deliver him a copy of Handguns Magazine to help protect him from Joe Biden's onslaught of Socialism. Secondly, Danimals™ uses their loose yogurt to send Tyler and Dylan and Cole Sprouse to space to have erotic zero-g playtime. Lastly, the crew discusses quarantine habits, and Tyler's Covid-19 vaccine making him an unstoppable hero but also extremely sore. -Socials- Shapeless Media: Twitter.com/ShapelessMedia Tory: http://bit.ly/ToryTwitter Tyler: http://bit.ly/TylerTwitterSG Tay: http://bit.ly/TayTwitter Discord: https://discord.gg/78uGZZYhkz Instagram: instagram.com/ShapelessGaming Baseless Claims Facebook: facebook.com/BaselessClaims

We all had a childhood, whether or not it was good or bad. We all enjoyed snacks when we were younger, whether or not they were good. Today, Branden and Chloe rank their favorite childhood snacks, such as Danimals and Animal Crackers, as well as have a guest in today's podcast. Stay tuned to find out!

In this week's episode, we start with a few Disney & Universal announcements! A lot is happening in the world of Orlando theme parks (possibly a Danimals giveaway for an all expense paid trip to sunny Orlando where YOU can dangle lifeless out of a dinosaur's mouth!). We also continue working tirelessly to answer the age-old question: What is the best Disney movie? We put nostalgic classics and newer favorites head to head in a March Madness-style bracket! In this finale episode, we arrive at the ultimate Disney movie! Listen to see if you agree! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fastpassandfurious/support

GenreBlastThe Taste Buds discuss 1985's most epic 'tweener, GenreBlast! GenreBlast is where we finally get to...I wanna say...maybe we blast something, a genre I guess? When did we record this? Like when did anything even happen? Really though, we get to talk about the less-celebrated genres. Action! Comedy! Family! Romance! Those are all separate genres you animals, you absolute Danimals. So which is the best Family movie of 1985? JUST LISTEN TO THE SHOW!   Make sure to also: Check out the 1985 bracket Visit our website Use our Amazon page! Join our Patreon team! (TO HEAR EXTRA SEGMENTS AND HERE THE EP EARLY!) Like us! Follow us! Write to Us! — contact@yourpopfilter.com https://www.patreon.com/yourpopfilter (Support the show) (https://www.patreon.com/yourpopfilter)

Hello and welcome to episode 45 of Sing! Dance! Act! Thrive!How is everyone doing during this isolation time? Toronto is starting to re-open some retail and services, but it will be a while before we can enjoy live concerts and theatre and film and television can begin shooting again.As an introvert I’ve been thriving! I have been so productive these last couple of months preparing content for all of you wonderful performing artists.  It has been great to connect in the Thriving Musicians & Actors Facebook group.  If you haven’t already, please join us at http://dianefoy.com/facebook as I am planning some great free content that will only be available inside the group. Facebook groups is where it is at these days.Today’s guest is someone I connected with inside a facebook group. Jennifer Pielak is a performing artist and coach from Vancouver, Canada. She’s a multi-disciplinary performer with over 15 years of professional experience in comedy improv, musical theatre, musical improv, experimental/physical theatre, singing, voice acting and TV/film/commercials. She has trained and performed at improv theatres and festivals across North America, founded the group Off Key Musical Improv, co-wrote the Ovation Award Nominated Connected: The Musical and has most notably performed in local theatre productions as Marcy in Dogfight and Maureen in RENT. She recently created and performed in an experimental musical theatre piece - about the inner voices in her head - called Inside Voices: A Musical in the Key of P for the Vancouver Fringe Festival with her long-time creative partner, Peter Abando (composer & musician). She can be seen playing Jessica Mulroney in the Lifetime Movie Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal, and her improv skills have led her to book many commercials over the years (most notable are Lays, Danimals, Nintendo, & Paypal). Jennifer has a degree in Psychology and Philosophy and has over a decade of experience teaching kids, teens and adults.I hope you enjoy this episode and if so can I ask you to do me a favor?Can you leave a review on apple podcasts, stitcher, castbox or a new option is Podchaser which is not an app but a directory and social network for podcasting which is pretty cool. You can follow your favourite podcasts but also your favourite guests and it will notify you if they appear on other show.For links and a transcript visit http://singdanceactthrive.com/045

Full Court Mess returns as the crew already starts to lose their minds and go off the rails as the NBA season has now been suspended for the time being. Topics include the week's NBA drama, a Go-GURT vs Danimals comparison, going ISO, and much more!  Have any hot takes that you've seen, or a take of your own that you'd like us to discuss? Tweet us @aFullCourtMess!  Music: Cullah - "JazzBass" on "Killah Cullah" (http://www.cullah.com (http://www.cullah.com/) ) Under CC BY SA license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Welcome to the horrorshow! Sylvia and Ryan talk about the "Sun With Face" emoji, but the universe has other plans. Can the duo survive bad connections and deadly coughing fits to find out which of these suns shines the brightest? Probably not, since this episode is completely off the rails. Stayed tuned for #moonchat, Danimals mascots, ring toss games, "Kebby's Dream Garden," invoking Jack Frost and The Onceler, reclaiming "Baby Nut," Noo-Noo the vacuum, and more! I could've sworn we also talked about the dancing baby on "Ally McBeal," but apparently not.Follow along here: https://emojipedia.org/sun-with-face/iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/emojidrome/id1361236704?mt=2Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/I2rmhl3k6hkfysbqo4ikzbs5es4Follow us on Twitter: @emojidrome, @captaintrash (Sylvia), and @sewerpeak (Ryan).Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/emojidrome

Full episodes info and Show Notes - www.wearelookingsideways.com Dan ‘Danmials’ Leidahl and Benny Urban special TRIPLE episode! This episode came about when my friend Matt Georges asked me to write the words for his latest book project with Vans - TRIPLE. The TRIPLE project saw Matt organise three shoots to represent the different sides of snowboarding - Arthur and Blake for backcountry, Rene Rinnekangas and Fridtjof Tischendorf for park, and Danimals and Benny Urban for street. Matt asked me to interview each duo for the book - naturally I thought I might as well record these chats and see if they were worth putting out as podcasts. So that’s what I did - I relaxed my ‘no Skype’ rule, sent the guys mics and arranged to chat with each of them about the whole thing. This second instalment is with Dan and Benny. Of the three styles of snowboarding featured in TRIPLE, street riding is the one with the closest kinship to skateboarding. There are moments of progressive, creative beauty that represent the culture being pushed forward in real time. These two friends are two of the best rail riders on the planet, and they were the perfect duo to explore the multi-faceted possibilities of street snowboarding for TRIPLE. They joined Matt and filmer Alex Pfeffel for a mid-season trip to Japan where they spent two weeks exploring the bust-heavy possibilities of Otaru-Hokkaido. During our conversation, we discussed the challenges involved with taking a mountain-based form into an occasionally hostile urban environment - shovelling snow in the dark, finding spots, dodging cops and getting shots. Big thanks to Matt Georges and Vans for getting me involved, and to Dan and Benny for being such good sports. Thanks to Matt Ward for the theme tune, and to my editor Fina Charleson.

Full episodes info and Show Notes - www.wearelookingsideways.com Arthur Longo and Blake Paul special TRIPLE episode! This episode came about when my friend Matt Georges asked me to write the words for his latest book project with Vans - TRIPLE. The TRIPLE project saw Matt organise three shoots to represent the different sides of snowboarding - Arthur and Blake for backcountry, Rene Rinnekangas and Fridtjof Tischendorf for park, and Danimals and Benny Urban for street. Matt asked me to interview each duo for the book - naturally I thought I might as well record these chats and see if they were worth putting out as podcasts. So that’s what I did - I relaxed my ‘no Skype’ rule, sent the guys mics and arranged to chat with each of them about the whole thing. The first instalment was with Arthur and Blake, and as you’re going to hear it turned out so well that I decided to put it out as an episode of the podcast. What’s really interesting about this conversation are the insights into how two such stellar riders like Arthur and Blake approach a project like this. They pair are obviously both absolutely incredible snowboarders, but as became clear during our conversation, they have different, complementary approaches and it was fascinating finding out exactly what that looked like. Yep, a proper snowboard geek fest this one - well it has been a while - and, basically, a bit of an experiment to see how it would work doing a three-way chat over Skype. I reckon it turned out pretty well. Big thanks to Matt Georges and Vans for getting me involved, and to Arthur and Blake for being such good sports. Thanks to Matt Ward for the theme tune, and to my editor Fina Charleson.

Today’s episode was pretty rough because we were unprepared, but eventually got into a rhythm

We're back this week with a bit of a holiday game night! Come join us as we play a Christmas edition of One Gotta Go and as we mad-libify (it's a word; don't look it up) a couple of our favorite holiday tunes!   Robert thinks everyone's takes are foolish; William thinks he's been gaslit; Sam sets the record straight about narwhals; TJ gets a good bargain on some great movies.   THEME: "Cheery Monday" Kevin Macleod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Welcome back to the podcast! Season 5 has arrived! Here we have a second interview with Devun Walsh. New episodes drop every Wednesday until May! We are proud to be presented by Vans!!And we love all our sponsors: Wired Snowboards, The Boardroom Snowboard Shop, Crowsnest BarberShops, Anon Optics, and Tribute Boardshop. Please go to there websites and buy all their stuff!Support also comes from lots of cool companies like Cypress Mountain, Mount Seymour, and Grouse Mountain. SALMON ARMS. Slash Snowboards, Flux bindings, and Intuition Boot Liners. Cool people making rad stuff.Special Thanks to Danimals from Ride, Jody Wachniak, Chris Rasman, and Rusty Ockenden from Manboys, and Colten from Mount Mountains for making our 2020 Movieshow at Fortune Soundclub (thanks Gman, Geordie, Jason, and everyone at Fortune) a wonderful event!!Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NDZ2GQSRQ2BQQ&source=url)

Rileigh used to be a BIG fan of sweepstakes contests growing up like that Danimals one where you could meet Zack and Cody, you know? So the sisters are all reminiscing on those too good to be true contests they never won, and maybe actually did sometimes? Music: "Baby You Change Your Mind" by Nouvellas

We have a lot of fun here at Return to the Past, but every one in a while, an episode comes along that leaves us scratching our heads.   Is it Code Lyoko's attempt at being topical and political (it features both anthrax and Tamagotchi), recycled from a script for a mid-90s Jim Carrey movie that would never be, or simply an adaptation of a NyQuil fever dream the writers had one night? We'll probably never know.   Were Tamagotchi still a thing in 2006? Why does one of the government agents sound like Michael Jaleel White? Is there a God? Why did Danimals retire all their animal mascots except for the monkey when clearly the Strawberry Kiwi alligator was the far superior spokesman? These and many other questions will not be answered on our show today, with Mary, Ben, David, and our special celebrity guest, Mary's dog. Click here for a Man in Black shooting lightning out of his mouth: http://img.codelyoko.fr/galeries/56_fausse_piste/Fausse_piste_255.jpg  === We are again calling on our listeners to do all they can to fight back against injustice at the U.S. border and in the immigration system: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/how-you-can-fight-family-separation-at-the-border.html  ===== Questions? Comments? Email us at rttppodcast@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at @rttppodcast. Or find our bonus content on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/supernucleargroup Cover art by the very skilled Ingram! Find their work at @ingramcomix or www.ingramcomix.com. Intro and outro is "XANA Rhapsody" by Matt of Avana Music! Find more of Matt's work at https://soundcloud.com/avanamusic.

BILL. PAK. U KNO WAT IT IS. With the help of the Ginger King in the West, join the boys as they travel down the rabbit hole of the Floyd's scathing album - Animals. We will be taking a break from the Floyd saga next week in the spirit of catching up on the year in music so far... but we'll be back to it soon enough. As always, be sure to send Pak love mail/Bill hate mail to drbillandthepak@gmail.com or leave a sexy message at (669) 257-4046

This week, clips! CLIPS! It's our third podcast birthday so we've gone back through the archives and pulled out some of our favourite moments to share with you guys again. Cast your mind back and remember the year that was with these unforgettable podcast moments!! PLEASEMUSIC USED:SSJ Theme 2: Xavier Rubetzki NoonanBeach House: Hockey DadFEATURE TRACK:Super Psyched For Your Birthday: The DanimalsCLIP HERE to download!Email Tom or Xavier or both!this pic is from february, so it's like a clip, basically.also it bears mentioning that one of the biggest changes forthe podcast in 2014 was moving from our old studio (pictured,located in my parents' bedroom) into our own house.what a classic memory!!

This week, we celebrate America, step on the Pope, get boners for tuna, and talk about PAX, funny humorous jokes, a tequila-fuelled dinner party, an update on the SSJ Video Game Book Club, The Last of Us, x-buster, and giving drugs to kids.In SSST: Don Mattrick leaves Microsoft and joins Zynga, and the Xbox One will be able to scan QR codes. Yep, that's it! Oh, except the afterlife, M. Night Shyamalan, and more...In Ask SSJ: throwing the baby out with the bathwater, strokes, doctor-doctor jokes, air-conditioning, penises, a General Pants & the Privates podcast, a prank involving a hooker, another prank involving Ashton Kutcher, Australian politics, backing vocals, sleep-pooping, the anatomy of a swear-word, thought-crime, prank calls, the Beatles, our girlfriends, and advice for someone who loves games but is terrible at them. Thanks to everyone who wrote in!MUSIC USED:SSJ Theme 2: Xavier Rubetzki NoonanThe rest of this week's music was taken from the Free Music Archive's 'New Happy Birthday Song Contest'.Super Psyched for Your Birthday: The Danimals / CC BY 3.0Happy-Birthday-Song: Angelika Fischer with friends / CC BY 3.0h-a-p-p-y-b-i-r-t-h-d-a-y-t-o-y-o-u: gladioli ravioli / CC BY 3.0CLICK HERE to download!Email Tom or Xavier or both!Add Tom on XBL and PSN: colourfastAdd Xavier on PSN and XBL: xavierrn

Episode two of the new podcast series CDRadio, recorded 2010.12.15. Another blend of hip-hop and electronica sounds. A little more upbeat compared to the first episode (pssssh… hardly lol). Enjoy! download @ campdonuts.wordpress.com/podcast Camp Donuts Radio: 02 tracklist Luke Vibert – Wow! It’s now! The Gaslamp Killer – When I’m In Awe feat. Gonjasufi V/A – Chakra Khan Dudley Perkins – Whussup World Jaylib – The Official Zack Austin – No One Like You Ahu – To: Love. J Rocc – Chasing The Sun/Dragon Mohammed – Je Sais Pas (Poirier remix) Nujabes – Home Sweet Home feat. Substantial Karlmarx – Mists Matt Van Schie – Journey (Danimals remix) Eccy – The Bang feat. Oh No

First episode of the new podcast series CDRadio, recorded 2010.12.08. Episode 01 turned out really chill; alot of mellow electronica & laidback hip-hop. Also a little shorter than I expected. I have no clue what each episode will sound like, but they’ll each be compilations of new music I’m currently digging and older stuff that isn’t heard very often or stuff not many people may know about. Enjoy! download @ campdonuts.wordpress.com/podcast Camp Donuts Radio: 01 tracklist Active Child – Wilderness Jai Paul – BTSTU Danimals – Christmas Worm’s Quest for Fresh Apples Intuition – Al Bundy Divserse & Vast Aire – Big Game dr. Oop feat. Rogue Venom – Green Butter Whitefield Brothers feat. Guilty Simpson – American Nightmare Gil Scott-Heron – NY is Killing Me (Jamie xx remix) Jay Electronica – Jay-Z & The-Dream – Shiny Suit Theory Sean Hall – Ms.GoldBooty (Mos Def vs Shy Guy)