Songwriter and singer John Coggins isn't that known in the Christian music industry just yet, but that might change soon. This month Coggins performed a solo acoustic set at a Hillsong concert held at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. More than 5,000 people were part of the audience.
The San Diego born and Oklahoma raised Coggins impressed the crowd, including more famous Christian entertainers who also performed at the Hillsong event.
In an interview with Christian Post, Coggins expressed his happiness in being able to perform at a Christian music event. He also mentioned being approached for a potential album project that will feature other Christian artists based in Los Angeles.
While the performer doesn't fully focus on Christian music full-time, he said his musical direction is headed towards the genre.
"I feel like God is opening doors right now for leading worship or being in the Christian music industry a little more. I've always thought that I know there is a call on my life to lead worship in some way. I'm doing that now again the first time in a few years. That's going well, but I feel like since I've been out here I've been doing a lot of different things in music, but I'm being drawn towards doing Christian music more – performing more at events and possibly putting out an album, more of like a worship music album."
Coggan also referred to a business he started a few years ago in Oklahoma called Sound Wall Studio. He was able to work with plenty of "up and coming artists, especially a lot of Christian artists."
Aside from a calling from God, Coggan's music is also inspired by the relationship he has with his wife. He said, "I wanted to make sure the songs that I put on there actually meant something to me. Like songs about my wife. There's a song on there about when I asked her to marry me and I put that on the EP and that was played at a lot of weddings. It's called, "My Life with You." To this day I hear about someone using it at their wedding, during the first dance or even to walk down the aisle, too."
Coggan's songs can be streamed for free online by visiting johncoggins.com.