Franklin McKay Music embraces the changing landscape — using new tools and new technology to connect great songs to new opportunities, and new opportunities to the artists behind them.
We're built around strong songs: catchy melodies, unforgettable hooks, performed across multiple projects, voices, and genres. By pairing timeless songwriting with modern production, we open doors in sync licensing, artist pitching, and beyond — giving every song the widest possible stage.
Franklin McKay Music is an independent label and publishing company built around strong songs — catchy melodies, unforgettable hooks, performed across multiple projects, voices, and genres.
Our AI-performed recordings are professional pitch tools: artists, A&R, music supervisors, and publishers can hear finished alternate versions of every song, ready for cover, cut, or sync.
Canadian singer/songwriter Franklin McKay, born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, is a six-time Billboard charting artist — three Adult Contemporary hits ("This Christmas" #24, "More Than a Memory" #25, "Destiny" #27) and three Christian Airplay singles. From his 2012 breakthrough EP The Holiday Collection through Invincible (2016), Awake (2021), and Carpe Diem (2023), his catalog of 30+ original songs has earned radio play around the world. Recent releases include "Without Your Love," his collaboration with the legendary Bill Champlin (Chicago).
McKay served as one of 340 judges for the 47th JUNO Awards (2018) and has written and recorded with Bill Champlin, Harry Hess (Harem Scarem), Marc Jordan, Greg Fitzgerald, Heather Rankin, and Pete Lesperance. With new music on the way in 2027, he continues to build on a career defined by melody, faith, and staying power.
Born in the flickering glow of late-night radio — headphones on, lost in the tranquillity that only music can bring. Elektrik Ghosts channels influences from Oscar Peterson's groove to Coldplay's atmosphere into something entirely its own. The project's "Invincible (AI)" carries an uplifting, faith-positive message of resilience and spiritual strength.
Jazz in the Machiné is where the songs slip into something smoother. Melodies built for radio — reimagined through the lens of contemporary smooth jazz: a blend of Kenny G's soaring, romantic saxophone warmth meets Bob James' lush, late-night piano elegance.
Picture candlelit melodies gliding over velvet grooves, hooks that shimmer like moonlight on water, and arrangements that breathe with the easy sophistication of a 2 AM slow jam. Every track starts with a strong original song, then lets the machine dress it in silk — Rhodes pianos, brushed drums, and saxophone lines that sing.
For music supervisors and artists, it's a working library of finished smooth jazz masters. For everyone else, it's simply beautiful late-night listening.
Solé Noir is a reimagined strong soprano voice — pure velvet thunder. The kind of voice that lifts a big chorus into the stratosphere, that turns a great hook into a moment you feel in your chest. A Celine-type vocal: power, precision, and heart, all in one breathtaking instrument.
Where the songs call for drama — for that soaring female voice that makes the hairs on your arms stand up — Solé Noir answers. Every track starts with a strong original song, then lets her take it somewhere only a voice like that can go: full-throated, fearless, cascading through key changes like light through stained glass.
She doesn't just sing the chorus — she detonates it. And when she pulls back to a whisper, the room holds its breath.
For artists and music supervisors seeking a powerhouse female vocal on finished masters, the recordings are ready. For everyone else, it's simply the thrill of a voice that won't let go.
Neon Prairié takes the songs out to where the highway meets the horizon — country music lit in neon. Twang and heartbreak, wide-open choruses, and storytelling that hits like a screen door in a summer storm.
Every track starts with a strong original song, then reimagines it through the lens of modern country: pedal steel crying over a backbeat, fiddle lines dancing around a hook built for a stadium singalong, and that unmistakable Nashville ache in every verse. It's the same great songwriting — dressed in denim, boots, and starlight.
For artists looking to cut country, for music supervisors who need a finished country master yesterday, the recordings are ready. For everyone else, it's the sound of the songs finding their second home on the prairie.
Nashville session vocalist Lisa Carrie has lent her voice to legends — standing shoulder to shoulder in the studio with Mickey Gilley, Eddy Arnold, Wayne Newton, and Charlie Louvin. She's the kind of singer producers call when the track needs warmth, soul, and absolute reliability: a first-call background vocalist in Music City, who's also sung for Disney.
Her lead-artist debut, "In Another Life" (2001), put her own name front and center. Produced by Andrew Gold — who played every instrument on the record — the single showcases the rich, seasoned delivery that made her a studio secret weapon. It's a voice that wraps around a lyric like it's always belonged there.
On stage, Carrie's shared the spotlight with Nashville's finest — performing live alongside Gary Janney (Grammy backup vocalist for Adele) and David Huntsinger, singing music by Janet McMahan and Huntsinger, and gracing the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. From studio sessions with country royalty to live performances with Music City's top players, she's earned her place among Nashville's most trusted voices.
One-stop licensing across the full catalog — film, television, advertising, gaming, and digital media. With direct access to the catalog and streamlined rights coordination, clearance is efficient: a single point of contact, no delays.
Our AI-performed catalog doubles as a pitch library. Music supervisors and creatives can audition finished alternate versions — different voices, different genres, different energy — before committing. Hear the song reimagined, then license the master that serves the picture. For recording artists seeking material, the songs are available to cut.
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