Sometimes when a song is powerful enough, it transcends the songwriter when the name of the song becomes more famous than the writer's.

Uproar Records' artist and George W. Truett Theological Seminary student Drew Greenway said he dreams that his music will continue being played in future generations whether or not his name is recognized like those of the great hymn writers.

"Everybody knows the song 'It Is Well' or 'Come Thou Fount,' but a lot of people don't know who wrote them," he said. "Those songs have been passed down from person to person, and that to me is legit."

Greenway said being asked by others to play his music at their churches after performing is the greatest form of compliment.

Greenway said when he writes he is showing the world his heart by sharing his faith, his life and his love.

"[Writing] is one of the most vulnerable things you can do because you're basically showing the world, or whoever is listening, your innermost thoughts," he said. "If you are true to yourself, I think that can be a good thing."

At an early age, Greenway knew he wanted to be a songwriter.

His father is a music minister and mother is a piano teacher, so he was always involved in music either playing in the church or taking piano lessons.

In the third grade Greenway began his songwriting career recording himself singing the first song he wrote.

He began writing songs again for his high school youth group in Stuttgart, Ark., after he learned to play guitar by mimicking what he heard played by his favorite Seattle/Grunge rock bands like Smashing Pumpkins in the seventh grade,

Eventually, Greenway began leading worship at his church and sometimes traveled long distances with his band to play at other churches and events.

"I realized during all those things that was what I was called to do," Greenway said. "Personally I feel called to do music in the church, and that's where that was born out of, getting opportunities to play."

At first, Greenway thought his progress in the industry would happen organically, believing his success would happen by chance, but after careful consideration he knew he would have to be more proactive to grow.

Playing in the church also gave him the chance to play at retreats and Discipleship Now camps where he grew as a musician, he said.

After graduating high school, Greenway enrolled in Ouachita Baptist University's School of Fine Arts' vocal studies program -- a two-time recipient of the National Association of Teachers of Singing foundation award for vocal excellence -- where he was classically trained in opera, sang arias and requiems, and traveled with a choir to China and Germany.

Greenway recalled hating the major at the time, but now understands how paramount it was to his growth.

"In hindsight it was such a crucial time for me developmentally," he said. "Now when I'm writing songs I know the theory behind things."

Greenway continued to lead worship during college and embrace more diversity in his music until he graduated in 2006, the same year he became engaged to Paige Greenway, who he said shares his dreams in music and writes and performs with him as well.

"[Paige] really is a big part of what I do," he said. "I write a lot of the songs and then she comes in and sings harmony or we work together and decide where we should go with the song."

The two married and moved to Waco after Greenway was offered a job leading worship at Harris Creek Baptist Church.

While performing at Harris Creek, Greenway felt called to enroll at Truett in order to perfect his craft, he said.

"The reasoning for me doing that was as a worship leader it's one thing to know music but it's another thing to be involved in the theology behind the music," Greenway said. "Being in Truett has helped me as a songwriter just to write more profound thoughts that stay out of the surface level of writing and go deeper into Orthodox Christianity, and having things that are meaningful for people to sing."

Enrolling at Baylor gave him the chance to audition for Uproar, which he says has been beneficial to him by pushing him to network and promote himself.

Greenway's manager and Little Rock, Ark., junior Clint Washington recalled the initial impact Greenway's songwriting had on him.

"When I first heard him sing and play his songs outside of his interview tapes, I was pretty excited," Washington said. "The level of intensity and drive to perform his music for not only his fans but also for his God is amazing. You can tell by the way he stresses his words that he has an incredible passion for his music and his faith."

Greenway is also excited to record next semester for the label's annual compilation album, which will feature two songs from each artist.

"It's admirable how outspoken he is with his faith, tying in his music with the most important thing in his life, his relationship with God," Chicopee, Mass., junior Chalaine Scott said. "He connected his passion for music with his passion for love, loving God and loving his wife who sang beside him on stage, which I thought was really neat."

One song Greenway knows will be on the record is called "Drifting," a song inspired by his wife's attempts to find her role in life.

"A lot of people are that way, just trying to figure out where they fit, and are just kind of drifting through life," he said. "It's got more like an alternative country feel, which is kind of not what I do normally."

Greenway said he doesn't know where songwriting will lead him in the future, but wherever it may be, he has the passion to follow it.

"I feel like I've been given a gift to write songs and a desire to write songs and a desire to perform those songs," he said. "I'm totally pumped about it and my wife is right alongside me, and that's something we've decided together."