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Interviews with Premium Service Brands franchisees about their experience with their individual brands (360 Painting, KitchenWise/ClosetWise, The Grout Medic, ProLift Garage Doors, WindowGang, HouseDoctors, MaidRight, RubbishWorks Junk Removal, and Rooterman) in the Premium Service Brands family.
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Interview with April and Scott Goodger of Kitchen Wise Closet Wise with Premium Service Brands in The Villages, Florida
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In this episode, we talk with April and Scott Goodger of Kitchen Wise Closet Wise about their experiences with Premium Service Brands, how they are giving back through Kid's Lift and some of the remarkable experiences they have had in their franchise since they started in April of 2021. They are such an inspiring example of the power of doing good …
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Interview with Daniela and Tony Bianchi of House Doctors in Strongsville, Ohio
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In this episode, I talk with Daniela and Tony Bianchi of House Doctors about how they decided to start a House Doctors franchise with Premium Service Brands in August of 2021, what they'e learned since they've now started a second location, and details about the charitable work they're doing with Kid's Lift. Daniela and Tony share insights into the…
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Interview with Belinda Wiesehan of 360° Painting in Pinehurst, North Carolina
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In this episode, Belinda Wiesehan shares her story about how she and her husband John decided to join the 360° Painting franchise with Premium Service Brands. They started their business in Charlotte, North Carolina and ran both territories in both areas for a year and a half. They sold the Charlotte territory in May of 2022 and transitioned their …
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Interview with David Manley of ProLift Doors of Premium Service Brands in Amarillo, Texas
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In this episode, I interview David Manley of ProLift Doors with Premium Service Brands in Amarillo, Texas. David worked as a retail manager for Wal-Mart / Kroger for many years before he and his wife decided to start their own business. After investigating three franchise brands, they decided to join the Premium Service Brands family and join ProLi…
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Interview with Barbara Reguero of Maid Right with Premium Service Brands in New Rochelle, New York
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In this episode, I talk with Barbara Reguero about her transition from working on Wall Street for 23 years to owning a Maid Right franchise with Premium Service Brands. Barbara shares her story about how she has grown her business since she started it in February of 2015, her thoughts on being awarded the Franchisee of the Year in 2020 during a cha…
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Interview with Dez and Jesse Herrera of 360° Painting and House Doctors Franchises with Premium Service Brands in Raleigh, North Carolina
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In this episode, I talk with Dez and Jesse Herrera of 360° Painting and House Doctors with Premium Service Brands in Raleigh, North Carolina. They purchased an existing 360° Painting franchise and added on a House Doctors franchise. They share their story, how they got started, lessons they've learned since joining the franchise, and what they like…
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Interview with Jesus Barrios with The Grout Medic, Kitchen Wise / Closet Wise, Window Gang and 360° Painting Franchises with Premium Service Brands in Denver, Colorado
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In this episode, I talk with Jesus Barrios about The Grout Medic franchise which he and his father Harold started in November of 2006 (which was acquired by Premium Service Brands in 2021). Since then, they have added a Kitchen Wise / Closet Wise franchise in May of 2024 and are opening a 360° Painting franchise in June of 2024. Jesus shares his fa…
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Interview with Mark Boyd of Premium Service Brands in Augusta, Georgia (House Doctors and 360° Painting (with Four New Brands Just Added - Kitchen Wise / Closet Wise, Window Gang, ProLift Doors, and Grout ...
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In this episode, I interview Mark Boyd who owns a House Doctors and 360° Painting franchise in Evans, Georgia (just outside of Augusta, Georgia). Additionally, he has just added four new brands with Premium Service Brands (Kitchen Wise / Closet Wise, Window Gang, ProLift Doors, and Grout Medic). Mark shares his story about how he got started with H…
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Interview with Eduardo Esquivel and Gabriela Cerrillo of 360° Painting in Cincinnati, Ohio
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In this episode, we talk with with Eduardo Esquivel and Gabriela Cerrillo in Cincinnati, Ohio and the northern Kentucky area who joined the 360° Painting franchise with Premium Service Brands in July of 2020. They talk about how they discovered 360° Painting and why they chose to join them and Premium Service Brands, how their business has grown si…
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Interview with Bart Williams of House Doctors and Window Gang in Somerset, Kentucky
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In this episode, we talk with Bart Williams, who has been a House Doctors franchisee for 18 years. Bart talks about his decision to get into franchising with House Doctors and what he has loved most since Premium Service Brands purchased House Doctors. He also shares lessons that he has learned in leadership and retention and how he was able to inc…
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Interview with Paul Flick, Founder and President of Premium Service Brands on Recent Innovations Across Their Nine Brands
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In this episode, I talk with Paul Flick, founder and President of Premium Service Brands (PSB) on new innovations that are benefitting franchise partners across their nine brands. He shares updates with their customer acquisition app Nesto (which is launching in April of 2024) and the innovative changes they've made with their onboarding and traini…
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In this episode, we discuss the 2023 SEM Conference with local arrangement committee co-chairs, Dr. Anna Hoefnagels (Carleton University) and Dr. Judith Klassen (Canada Museum of Natural History), along with committee member Charlotte Stewart-Juby (Carleton University).By SEM Podcast
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Interview with Matt Drescher of KitchenWise / ClosetWise in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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In this episode, we talk wtih Matt Drescher of KitchenWise / ClosetWise just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota about his experience in joining the Premium Service Brands franchise family and his experiences with building his own business after being in the utility industry for twenty-two years.
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Interview with Mike Parrott of 360 Painting and House Doctors in St. Joseph, Missouri
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In this episode, we talk with Mike Parrott of 360 Painting and House Doctors in St. Joseph, Missouri about how he joined the Premium Service Brand (PSB) family. He shares his diverse background and why he ultimately chose to start a 360 Painting and House Doctors franchise.By James Butler
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Interview with Roxanne Conrad, President of 360 Painting
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In this episode, we talk with Roxanne Conrad, President of 360 Painting, of the Premium Service Brands family of franchise brands. Roxanne worked in corporate America for 15 years prior to starting her own 360 Painting franchise with Premium Service Brands and later opened a second location. She recently became the President of 360 Painting and on …
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Interview with Paul Flick, President of Premium Service Brands (PSB) Talks About Kid's Lift, Nesto, and the Future of Franchising with PSB
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In this episode, Paul returns to discuss Kid's Lift, Nesto, and more new initiatives that are exciting franchise partners and franchise candidates.By James Butler
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Interview with Paul Flick, President and Founder of Premium Service Brands
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In this episode, we talk with Paul Flick, who is the President and Founder of Premium Service Brands about how Premium Service Brands got started, details about their brand portfolio, how their discovery process works, and what Paul is most excited about in the future of Premium Service Brands.By James Butler
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Interview with Tony Bianchi of HouseDoctors in Strongsville, Ohio
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In this episode, we talk with Tony Bianchi, who started his HouseDoctors franchise in August of 2021 in Strongsville, Ohio. He shares his background, why he ultimately chose to join Premium Service Brands and the HouseDoctors brand, and shares successes that he has had since launching his business.
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Interview with Scott Goodger of KitchenWise / ClosetWise in The Villages, Florida
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In this episode, we talk with Scott Goodger, who started his KitchenWise / ClosetWise franchise in The Villages, Florida in early 2021 and shares his experiences with starting the brand, his growth, and his perspective on the benefits that he has found in joining a franchise with Premium Service Brands.…
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Interview with Drew Salapka of 360 Painting in Atlanta, Georgia
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In this episode, we talk with Drew Salapka, who joined the 360 Painting franchise in the Premium Service Brands family on October 1, 2020 by buying an existing franchise location. Drew shares his story about how he left the corporate world after 25 years and why he chose to join Premium Service Brands and the 360 Painting Franchise specifically.…
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Episode 13 - Deforestation and Drumming in Haiti with Rebecca Dirksen
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In this episode, we discuss environmentalism and Haitian music culture with Rebecca Dirksen. By investigating how colonialism and deforestation are related, Rebecca investigates how colonialism and dictatorship affect not only the landscape, but also the musical soul of Haiti. This conversation was recorded in the spring of 2021, prior to the assas…
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2021 Pre-Conference Symposium - Celebrating the Musical Legacy of HBCUs
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On October 27, the Society for Ethnomusicology will open its 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting with a pre-conference symposium Celebrating Historically Black Colleges and Universities' (HBCUs) Musical Legacy: An Exploration of Relationships Between HBCUs and the Society for Ethnomusicology. In this episode we talk with pre-conference co-chairs, Loneka Ba…
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Episode 12 - Collective Sound-making in Argentina with Eduardo Herrera and Michael O’Brien
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In this episode, Eduardo Herrera and Michael O’Brien discuss their research into collective music making in Argentina. Grounded in a discussion of Argentina’s 2018 “Hit of the Summer,” this episodes examines the possibilities for political action and issues of toxic masculinity within participatory musicking practices of Argentinian soccer chants a…
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Episode 11 - Prefiguring and Indigenous Identity in Nigerian Film Music with Emaeyak Sylvanus
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In this episode we talk with Emaeyak Sylvanus about his article, “Prefiguring as an Indigenous Narrative Tool in Nigerian Cinema: An Ethnomusicological Reading,” which was published in the Summer 2019 issue of the journal Ethnomusicology. A pioneering researcher on Nollywood film music, Emaeyak explores localized musical concepts that dominate Nige…
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2019 Pre-Conference Symposium - Latin American Brass Bands
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In this episode we talk with Javier León and Ed Wolf about the upcoming SEM 2019 pre-conference symposium: “Heritage and the Politics of Inclusion in Latin American Brass Bands.” This November, the Society for Ethnomusicology will hold its 64th Annual Meeting in Bloomington, Indiana. On November 6, the day before the start of the annual conference,…
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Episode 10 - Musical Participation and Global Health in the Gambia with Bonnie McConnell
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In this episode, we discuss with Bonnie McConnell how community-oriented and participatory-based musical performances impact global health initiatives. By investigating the relationships between kanyelang musicians, government officials, health workers, and local communities, Bonnie discusses the value of musical performance and participation in lo…
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Episode 9 - Performative Ecology in Micronesia with Brian Diettrich
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In this episode, we discuss performative ecology with Brian Dietrich, whose article, “’Summoning Breadfruit’ and ‘Opening Seas:' Toward a Performative Ecology in Oceania” was published in the Winter 2018 issue of the journal, Ethnomusicology. Diettrich explores the concept of performative ecology in his discussion of ótoomey (summoning breadfruit) …
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Episode 8 - Embodying Air Guitar with Sydney Hutchinson and Byrd McDaniel
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In this episode we talk with two scholars, Sydney Hutchinson and Byrd McDaniel, whose respective articles on competitive air guitar were recently published in the journal Ethnomusicology. Hutchinson, whose article, “Asian Fury: A Tale of Race, Rock, and Air Guitar” was published in the Fall 2016 issue of Ethnomusicology, explores themes of race, ge…
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Episode 7 - Japanese Chindon-ya and Anti-Nuclear Power Protests with Marié Abe
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In this episode we talk with Marié Abe, whose article "Sounding Against Nuclear Power in Post-3.11 Japan: Resonances of Silence and Chindon-ya," was published in the Spring/Summer 2016 issue of the journal, Ethnomusicology. Abe explores the Japanese musical advertisement practice chindon-ya and how it has become politicized as the sounds of anti-nu…
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Episode 6 - Listening with the Body with Juan Diego Diaz
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In this episode we discuss the aesthetics of spiritual possession with Juan Diego Diaz, whose article "Listening with the Body: An Aesthetics of Spirit Possession Outside the Terreiro," was published in the Winter 2016 issue of the journal, Ethnomusicology. In his investigation of the aesthetics of spiritual possession, Juan Diego compares the ritu…
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Episode 5 - Global Tabla Industry with Allen Roda
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In this episode we discuss the complex ecosystem of the global tabla industry with Allen Roda, whose article "Ecology of the Global Tabla Industry," was published in the Spring/Summer 2015 issue of the journal, Ethnomusicology. Roda examines the global tabla industry as a complex ecosystem involving many contributors, including instruments, the art…
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Episode 4 - Bollywood Dance Economies with Anna Morcom
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In this episode, we discuss post-1990’s Indian dance culture with Anna Morcom, whose article “Terrains of Bollywood: (Neoliberal) Capitalism and the Transformation of Cultural Economies” was published in the Spring/Summer 2015 issue of the journal Ethnomusicology.By SEM Podcast
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Episode 3 - Copyright and Indian Popular Music with Gregory Booth
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In this episode, we discuss intellectual property rights within the context of the Indian popular music industry with Gregory Booth, whose article "Copyright Law and the Changing Economic Value of Popular Music in India" was published in the Spring/Summer 2015 issue of the journal Ethnomusicology.By SEM Podcast
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Episode 2 - Swedish Klezmer and Jewish Identity with David Kaminsky
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In this episode, we discuss Swedish chamber klezmer bands with David Kaminsky, whose article “Just Exotic Enough: Swedish Chamber Klezmer as Postnational World Music and Mid-East Proxy” was published in the Spring/Summer 2014 issue of the journal Ethnomusicology.By SEM Podcast
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Episode 1 - Tribute Bands and Historical Consciousness with John Paul Meyers
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In this episode, we discuss the rock-and-roll tribute band phenomenon with John Paul Meyers, whose article “Still Like That Old Time Rock and Roll: Tribute Bands and Historical Consciousness in Popular Music” was published in the Winter 2015 issue of the journal Ethnomusicology.By SEM Podcast
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