The GM Jon project started in 2025. Songs fall into three main categories.
Dead Poet songs. Poetry from long-dead poets turned into modern rock or folk music — William Blake, Alexander Pope, John Keats, Matthew Arnold, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling and others.
Lyrics and music by GM Jon. Songs Jon has written the words for himself: humour, current affairs, chess.
Lyrics by Professor Tudor Rickards and Steve Tranter. Two brilliant lyricists who collaborate with GM Jon, providing original lyrics on a wide range of subjects to turn into music — the Live Poet songs. They typically work individually but also collaborate, exchange ideas, and assess music together as a team.
Songs span rock and folk most often, but also reggae, jazz and rap — whatever fits the lyrics best. Male vocalists tend to have a somewhat raspy voice; the (fictional) Tara Turner is the main female vocalist. There are funny songs, songs for children, topical songs covering recent news, and a range of songs (Wisdom of the Geniuses) that take quotes from brilliant people as their lyrics.
Many singles and albums have been released across YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. GM Jon also has his own video channel where a selection of the songs have videos to accompany them.
GM Jon believes the music itself matters, not who or what created it. He thinks the best work in the future will come from human and AI collaboration. Everyone has the right to create their own music.