Matthew John Works is the creative home for music projects by Paul Schottmiller.

The current focus of the studio is The Timeless American Poetry Songbook—an ongoing series pairing classic poems with modern sounds, amplifying timeless voices across generations. Drawing from America’s most enduring poets, each piece reimagines the spoken word through contemporary musical forms while preserving the integrity and meaning of the original text. The result is a living songbook where historic language resonates in the rhythms of today.

Matthew John Works exists to support thoughtful, lyric-driven music rooted in storytelling, through reinterpretation and original works.

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