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Having written his first hint of a song in the fifth grade, Mark Roach has seemingly always known he was born to write songs. It wasn't until recently, however, that he recognized a calling to write worship music.At thirteen, Mark picked up his first guitar and finally put chords to the first melody he'd ever written three years earlier. By the time he graduated high school, he had officially adopted the title singer/songwriter. Four years later, Mark released his first full-length recording entitled The Road to Home--the culmination of his tenure at Millikin University in Decatur, IL.After Graduating College, Mark headed to Nashville. Still writing primarily secular pop/rock music, the Christian industry in Nashville didn't seem to be a fit, so he headed back to his hometown of St. Louis, MO in '99. Ironically, only months later, Mark accepted what would prove to be a life-changing position at Morning Star Church, a new church start in O'Fallon, where he began writing worship songs as the Music Director and Worship Leader. Mark has written several worship songs now sung in churches across the country, and is currently in his seventh year as Worship Leader at MSC.Six of Mark's original worship songs have been featured on National compilations, including appearances on WOW Next 2007, Absolute Modern Worship 2 [Fervent Records - 2006], SongDISCovery [vol. 53] in November of 2005 and two appearances on Purpose Driven Ministries' SongSeeker project (2004 & 2005.) He has been featured on www.songdiscovery.com, www.pdworshipcommunity.com, and www.myrrhworship.com and has led worship for churches, youth camps, conferences, and rallies from the Midwest all the way to California.
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Member Since: 10/15/2005
Band Website: markroach.com
Band Members: just me and whatever delightful permutation of skilled musicians I happen to bring with me on any given day...


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Influences: Toad the Wet Sprocket, Switchfoot, Billy Joel, Dave Matthews, Sonia Dada, Moxy Fruvous, Coldplay, Chris Tomlin, Rich Mullins, Josh Kelley, David Crowder, Wes Cunningham, Duncan Sheik

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Sounds Like: a guy who loves the Lord and the St. Louis Blues (in that order)
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Hey all... I decided to start a dedicated blog.  Click on the URL below to check it out!www.markroachmusic.blogspot.comMany blessings...Mark[phil 4.8]...
Posted by Mark Roach on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:09:00 PST

Featured artist on The Heart of Worship

So I just found out that I am a featured guest this weekend on 'The Heart of Worship' with Don Buettner. It's pretty crazy for me, 'cause I started leading worship in 1999 and shortly thereafter foun...
Posted by Mark Roach on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:02:00 PST

"A Thousand Hallelujahs" hits radio...

Crazy, crazy... my first 'official' radio single was released last Friday, Jan. 26th to radio stations across the country.  A smattering of CCM moguls are also releasing singles in the weeks surr...
Posted by Mark Roach on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:33:00 PST

MARK SIGNS WITH MYRRH

Hey, everyone!  I'm elated to report that after months of discussions, patience and prayer, Myrrh Records has decided to partner with me and my ministry!  Obviously, I can't tell you how exc...
Posted by Mark Roach on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:49:00 PST

FIRST MAJOR LABEL COMPILATION!

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 became the very first day that someone could walk into any music store anywhere in the country and buy a CD with one of my tunes on it... the song:  A Thousand Hallel...
Posted by Mark Roach on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:56:00 PST

Song Story - A Thousand Hallelujahs

As a songwriter, I tend to write from an emotional perspective.  To me, writing worship songs is no different.  A Thousand Hallelujahs was written as a response to the phenomenaland often...
Posted by Mark Roach on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:23:00 PST

The Psalms - Defining Worship

Psalms:  Defining Worship Mark Roach   Many of todays great worship texts are derived from the Psalms.  One could say that its the definitive worship book of the Bible.  As we ex...
Posted by Mark Roach on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:20:00 PST