Adam Scott Actor

This weekend, residents of Los Angeles face a closure of 53 hours of the 405 freeway, the main north-south through the West Side of town. The work planned threatens to clog the surface streets near the interstate. However, for a commuter, also a musician, traffic jams are an immediate green light to practice their craft.

Ken Elkinson recently composed a collection of songs to minimize the stress of city driving. And to turn the city he loves, and teetering on the edge of Carmageddon, because the Lakers are calling the planned closure, the six-disc box set is available for free download from now until midnight July 18, after the road work concludes.

As an admitted victim of road rage, Mr. Elkinson conceived the project to calm his nerves. "I am a very angry driver," he said in a telephone interview. "But I keep my anger inside the car, especially in Los ÁngelesYo'm not the type of person he is out the window yelling at people because they do not want to get shot, but still, I admit it is not good not healthy. "

Being a parent of two young children encouraged him to change his habits. "I think what pushed me over the edge is when my 4 year old twins began to repeat my road rage rants like, 'Did you kill to use a signal? And" Come on, Grandma. "

Residents probably are using stronger language. The weekend forecast traffic sound closer to the predictions of the end of days. The LAPD has enlisted celebrities, including Ashton Kutcher and Lady Gaga, traffic advisories to send his millions of followers on Twitter.

As frightening - or strangely normal for Los Angeles - as this all sounds, the ability to listen to more than four hours of travel-themed music might scare off potential downloaders of the work of Mr. Elkins. To make the collection more accessible, each disc includes two days (Friday disc also includes the weekend) and sounds different from others in the set.

"I arranged the tracks to follow the mood of the traveler, as it dragged its way through the work week," he said. "So every day of the week has a different theme. You can take a CD with others and keep house."

For a casual listener, the tracks are relaxing, but it seems more appropriate to lull a driver to sleep progresses slowly on Sepulveda Boulevard. Mr. Elkinson acknowledged that a recent study describes their music as "sedative". He laughed, however, when he said he has yet to be sued by anyone who claims to have fallen asleep at the wheel and cause an accident.

"I'm not sure how I would classify the sound," he said. "It seems to be picked up by a lot of radio stations that do relaxation and meditation music, as well as a lot of spas.

"I'm biencon that, and I need a spa after my trip here," he said.