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Episode 1 • 1st November 2024 • Excelsior Journeys: Behind the Scenes • George Sirois
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For this premiere episode of Excelsior Journeys: Behind the Scenes, host & producer George Sirois shares the story of how he initially got into the world of voiceover with the help of a successful Kickstarter campaign and the permission from his publisher to record an audiobook.

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1. Intro: Where It All Started
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2. Why Audiobooks?
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3. Prepare Yourself
00:12:33
4. Getting the Gig
00:12:18
9. Finalizing Your Files
00:12:57
5. The Right Microphone for You
00:12:40
11. Getting Into Podcasting
00:12:49
8. The Pickups
00:10:46
7. The Editing Hacks (They Worked for Me)
00:10:57
6. Hitting Record and NOT Getting It Right the First Time
00:12:20
10. Delivering the Final Files
00:13:09
13. The First Episodes
00:13:04
12. What Do I Call This Show?
00:13:34
14. Home Stream Home
00:15:05
15. Get Yourself Out There!
00:13:31
16. A Very Special Episode
00:15:58
17. Think Outside Your (Social) Box
00:19:45
18. The Retrospective
00:15:34
19. The Podcast Network
00:15:33
20. The Do's and Don'ts of Podcasting
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21. The Audio Drama Journey Begins!
00:11:18
22. Adapting the Book, Part 1
00:11:23
23. Adapting the Book, Part 2
00:10:56
24. Adapting the Book, Part 3
00:13:50
25. The Auditions
00:13:34
26. Did We Just Cast The Godfather?
00:15:18
27. I Can Do That!
00:16:33
28. Fine Tuning
00:11:33
29. Above and Beyond!
00:15:38
30. That's a Wrap!
00:18:20
31. 2025 Season Premiere: Adventures in the Stage & Screen Trade
00:10:14
32. Opening Credits
00:11:29
33. The Steno Notebooks
00:09:47
34. The Variety Show, Part 1
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35. The Variety Show, Part 2
00:10:21
36. The Variety Show, Part 3
00:16:35
37. The Journal
00:11:05
38. Playwriting Class
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39. The One-Act Play
00:11:35
40. Write to Your Budget
00:13:38
41. Waiting in the Wings
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42. Completing the Trilogy
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43. Two Full-Length Scripts
00:13:40
44. What Would Eddie Do?
00:16:42
45. Fan Fiction
00:25:12
46. Last Semester
00:09:24
47. Something to Believe In
00:10:26
48. It Started as a Video Game
00:09:39
49. From Video Game to Script
00:12:34
50. My First Film Festival... Kind of...
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51. Project Greenlight
00:10:18
52. From Script to Book to Books
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53. My Second (Unpaid) Commission
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54. The 6ixth Floor
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56. Minus One Plus
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55. The 24-Hour Play
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57. Austin Revolution - Part 1
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58. Austin Revolution - Part 2
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59. Austin Revolution - Part 3
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60. Into the POOL
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