Fast Forward Phenomenons

So I'm chasing links around the web a moment ago and land on Word Records' site....and the first face I see is an old roommate I hadn't seen in years - Mark Roach. Back then I was a struggling musician and needed someone to rent my extra room. I ran an ad in the paper and this Belmont University kid showed up on my doorstep. He seemed nice enough and I thought it would be neat if my renter was a like-minded Christian musician. But the whole time we were together I never once heard him sing a word. He never showed me a single song he'd ever tried to write. He talked about wanting to work in the Christian music industry, but it seemed like little more than talk. He used to hang out with a college buddy - introduced me to him - some kid named Matthew West - but I didn't see much of a future in him either. Eventually Mark packed up his few belongings and moved back home to St. Louis.

Fast forward a few years. Mark Roach and Matthew West are both Word artists. Both great songwriters. Both amazing singers. And to think....I taught them everything they know! They'll thank me some day....