Licensing & Catalog
McDowell Crossing welcomes professional inquiries for synchronization, master-use, and other commercial licensing opportunities.
Qualifying McDowell Crossing recordings may be considered for film, television, advertising, documentaries, trailers, video games, streaming productions, websites, online media, social-media productions, and other audiovisual or commercial projects.
Available materials for selected titles may include full-quality audio files, instrumentals, alternate mixes, clean versions, edited versions, stems, lyrics, metadata, and additional licensing information. Rights, licensing authority, available materials, and clearance information are confirmed on a title-by-title basis.
Quick Rights & Licensing Summary
McDowell Crossing creates human-directed, AI-assisted music using commercially licensed third-party production tools. Michael Nolan owns the original human-authored lyrics that he writes for McDowell Crossing and controls or administers the applicable human-authored creative contributions. For qualifying recordings, Michael Nolan / McDowell Crossing controls the applicable rights and commercial-use licenses necessary to commercially release, distribute, monetize, perform, and directly license the recording, subject to the rights and licenses associated with each individual title.
Certain musical or vocal elements may be created using commercially licensed AI-assisted production tools. Applicable rights and production information are maintained on a title-by-title basis.
Direct licensing and rights-clearance information is available for qualifying titles. Supporting rights and production documentation is available to qualified licensing partners upon request.
Rights & Ownership
Artist / Project: McDowell Crossing
Songwriter / Human Creative Director / Producer: Michael Nolan
Performing-Rights Organization: Registration pending
Publishing Administration: Self-administered by Michael Nolan
Recording / Commercial Licensing Control: Michael Nolan / McDowell Crossing, subject to the applicable rights and commercial-use licenses associated with each title.
Michael Nolan owns the original human-authored lyrics that he writes for McDowell Crossing and controls or administers the applicable human-authored creative contributions associated with the project. Certain McDowell Crossing recordings are created through a human-directed, AI-assisted production process using commercially licensed third-party AI-assisted production tools.
For qualifying titles, McDowell Crossing holds the applicable rights and commercial-use licenses necessary to commercially release, distribute, monetize, perform, and directly license the recordings. McDowell Crossing does not make a blanket claim of exclusive copyright ownership over every AI-generated element. Instead, the project identifies and maintains the applicable human-authored rights and commercial-use licenses associated with each qualifying title.
Rights, licensing authority, and clearance information are maintained on a title-by-title basis.
Recording & Commercial Licensing
Recording / Commercial Licensing Control: Michael Nolan / McDowell Crossing, subject to the applicable rights and commercial-use licenses associated with each title. For qualifying recordings, Michael Nolan / McDowell Crossing controls the applicable commercial exploitation and direct licensing of the recording.
Qualifying recordings may be considered for uses including:
Instrumentals, alternate mixes, clean versions, edited versions, stems, lyrics, metadata, and additional licensing materials may be available for selected titles. Licensing authority, available materials, and applicable clearance requirements are confirmed on a title-by-title basis before completion of a placement.
Creative Process & AI-Assisted Production
McDowell Crossing creates human-directed, AI-assisted music.
Every song begins with human ideas, stories, themes, emotions, and creative direction.
Michael Nolan’s creative involvement may include:
Commercially licensed third-party AI-assisted production tools may be used to help generate, perform, arrange, or produce certain musical or vocal elements.
These technologies are used as part of the production workflow. Michael Nolan maintains human creative direction, editorial judgment, production decision-making, quality control, and final release authority. McDowell Crossing is transparent about its use of AI-assisted production technology and maintains applicable rights and production information for qualifying titles.
Publishing Administration
Publishing Administration: Original human-authored lyrics and applicable human-authored contributions are controlled or administered by Michael Nolan.
Michael Nolan owns the original human-authored lyrics that he writes for McDowell Crossing songs. Where commercially licensed AI-assisted production tools are used to help create certain musical or vocal elements, the applicable rights associated with those elements are governed by the commercial-use licenses associated with the production tools used for the specific title. McDowell Crossing maintains applicable authorship, rights, and production information on a title-by-title basis to support professional licensing and clearance review.
Synchronization Representation
Selected McDowell Crossing songs may be represented non-exclusively for synchronization opportunities through MusicAtlas SyncRep and other authorized licensing representatives.
Michael Nolan / McDowell Crossing retains control of the applicable rights and commercial-use licenses associated with qualifying titles.
Licensing authority, approval requirements, and clearance information are confirmed according to:
McDowell Crossing welcomes inquiries from music supervisors, synchronization representatives, licensing companies, publishers, production companies, filmmakers, advertising agencies, game developers, and other qualified licensing partners.
Transparency & Rights Documentation
McDowell Crossing is committed to transparency with legitimate licensing partners. Certain recordings are produced through a human-directed, AI-assisted workflow using commercially licensed third-party production tools.
For professional rights review and clearance, McDowell Crossing can provide applicable supporting information concerning qualifying titles, which may include:
Detailed production-provider and licensing information is available to qualified licensing representatives, music supervisors, publishers, distributors, production companies, and prospective licensees as part of professional rights review and clearance.
McDowell Crossing’s rights position can be summarized as follows:
McDowell Crossing is a human-directed music project. Michael Nolan owns the original human-authored material, controls or administers the applicable human-authored contributions, holds the applicable commercial-use rights and licenses for AI-assisted production elements used in qualifying recordings, and controls the applicable commercial exploitation and direct licensing of those recordings, subject to the rights and licenses associated with each individual title.
Licensing Assurance & Clearance
McDowell Crossing is committed to providing licensing partners with a clear, transparent, and professionally documented path to rights review and commercial use. For qualifying titles, Michael Nolan / McDowell Crossing owns the applicable original human-authored material and controls the applicable rights and commercial-use licenses necessary to commercially release, distribute, monetize, perform, and directly license the recording, subject to the rights and licenses associated with each individual title.
Certain musical or vocal elements may be created using commercially licensed third-party AI-assisted production tools. Applicable AI-assisted production elements are used pursuant to commercial-use licenses that permit qualifying recordings to be commercially released and commercially exploited.
McDowell Crossing maintains rights and production information on a title-by-title basis and is prepared to provide qualified music supervisors, synchronization representatives, publishers, production companies, and prospective licensees with relevant supporting information during professional rights review and clearance.
Our goal is to make the licensing process straightforward, transparent, and well documented. We welcome reasonable rights and clearance questions and will disclose applicable production tools, licensing information, human-authored contributions, and available supporting documentation when relevant to a proposed placement.
McDowell Crossing welcomes consideration of qualifying recordings for film, television, advertising, documentaries, trailers, video games, streaming productions, online media, and other commercial audiovisual uses.
McDowell Crossing approaches synchronization licensing with transparency and a title-by-title rights review so that prospective licensing partners can evaluate the applicable human-authored rights, commercial-use licenses, and available supporting documentation before completing a placement.
Licensing Readiness
McDowell Crossing welcomes professional synchronization and commercial licensing inquiries.
For qualifying titles, we are prepared to work directly with music supervisors, synchronization representatives, publishers, production companies, and other licensing partners to provide title-specific rights information, available documentation, metadata, and applicable clearance information needed to evaluate and complete a proposed placement.
Our objective is to provide a transparent and efficient path from music discovery through rights review and final licensing.
Sync Licensing FAQ
Do you own or control the rights necessary to license the music?
Michael Nolan / McDowell Crossing owns the original human-authored lyrics and controls the applicable human-authored rights and commercial-use licenses necessary to commercially release, distribute, monetize, perform, and directly license qualifying recordings, subject to the rights and licenses associated with each individual title.
Was AI used in the production process?
Yes.
McDowell Crossing creates human-directed, AI-assisted music. Michael Nolan provides the human creative direction and may contribute the original concept, story, lyrics, revisions, structure, stylistic direction, arrangement decisions, editing, production choices, selection and evaluation of generated material, quality control, and final release approval. Commercially licensed third-party AI-assisted production tools may be used to help create certain musical or vocal elements.
Can qualifying McDowell Crossing recordings be considered for film, television, advertising, or video games?
Yes.
Qualifying recordings may be considered for synchronization and other commercial audiovisual licensing opportunities, including film, television, advertising, documentaries, trailers, video games, streaming productions, online media, and related commercial uses. Licensing authority and clearance information are confirmed on a title-by-title basis before completion of a placement.
Is supporting rights documentation available?
Yes.
McDowell Crossing maintains available rights and production information for qualifying titles and can provide relevant information and available supporting documentation to legitimate music supervisors, synchronization representatives, publishers, production companies, and prospective licensees during professional rights review and clearance.
Michael Nolan
McDowell Crossing
Email: mcdowellcrossing@gmail.com
Rights information, licensing availability, metadata, lyrics, instrumentals, alternate versions, and available supporting documentation are available upon request for qualifying titles.
McDowell Crossing approaches synchronization and commercial licensing with transparency and a title-by-title rights review, allowing prospective licensing partners to evaluate the applicable human-authored rights, commercial-use licenses, and available supporting documentation before completing a placement.