I am currently in the process of applying for a Research/Creativity Grant. With this grant I plan on taking pop songs, such as "Royals" by Lorde, and re-making them using new instrumentation/orchestration. For example, I would put the song "Lorde" into a new context of Afro-Cuban rhythms and spanish guitars, or I could do a jazz version of Royals. Because I'm doing this from an educational grant, can I claim Fair Use on this project? It will be nonprofit, of course. The songs will be recorded, and possibly uploaded to YouTube or used in a portfolio of some of my work.
Any help would be great on this matter.
Any help would be great on this matter.