2025 Songwriting Prize Winners
Sound Opinions
Sound Opinions
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
In this bonus podcast, Jim and Greg speak with the winners of the third annual Sound Opinions Songwriting Prize. These Columbia College Chicago students receive scholarship funds thanks to the Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this bonus episode of Sound Opinions. I'm Jim Diorgitis. That guy over there is Greg |
| 0:05.1 | Kot. And Greg, we are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Sound Opinion songwriting prizes. |
| 0:13.1 | That's in just a minute. Sound Opinions is supported by Goose Island Beer Company. Since 1988, |
| 0:19.9 | Goose Island's been brewing beers in and inspired by Chicago. |
| 0:24.7 | They got 312 weed ale, hazy beer hug, and many more one-off beers at the Fulton Street |
| 0:31.4 | tap room or their new Salt Shed pub. The perfect place to go before a show at the salt shed. Me and Andrew were there |
| 0:39.8 | on opening night. Greg, it was really exciting. You had Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Tick fever. |
| 0:45.7 | I'm sorry about that. Anyway, every time we go to one of these goose joints, there's another new one |
| 0:50.8 | to try, and we love them all. I'm a fan. |
| 1:01.1 | In addition to making great products and event spaces, Goose Island has always been a supporter of music culture in Chicago and nationwide. |
| 1:06.1 | I mean, if you see that Goose Island logo at a venue or a restaurant, you know you're in good hands. |
| 1:08.7 | Yeah, we are proud to be associated with Goose Island. Goose Island beer company, Chicago's beer, and sound |
| 1:12.6 | opinions is. We did four years at Columbia College, Chicago of the Critical Writing Prize, |
| 1:20.7 | two years of the photo prize. This is the third year for talented young songwriters from |
| 1:26.9 | Columbia. Yeah, and proud we are to do that, |
| 1:29.2 | Jim. We're happy to shed some light on these students' works. And as always, we'd like to thank |
| 1:34.3 | our friends at the Walter and Carlet Goldschmidt Foundation for donating to these students and giving |
| 1:39.3 | us this opportunity. Jim, we're in our bag this week because we're talking about music. |
| 1:48.6 | We do critique music from time to time on this show, like every minute. |
| 1:55.5 | So, yes, turning our ears toward contenders from Columbia College Chicago's music department. |
| 1:58.6 | My colleagues there suggested some. |
| 2:02.7 | I've had others in my classes. You know, when somebody in class says, you know, professor, I record some songs. I always say at the end of the semester, I'm happy to |
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