Katie Collins CD production

Hello all, my name is Katie Collins and I am attempting to achieve my life long dream of recording a praise album. I want to share with the world my own take of many popular praise songs. Unfortunately many of the songs I want to share are copyrighted works and I need to pay fees to license them and I sure want the original artists to be recognized. And production is quite expensive as well. As much as I do not want to ask for help, these fees are very pricey. I would really appreciate any help folks can offer. Even if you can not donate please share and help me get the word out. ◦