"I remember being totally bummed out when John Hughes died unfairly at the age of 59 a few years back. I know he did not do much if any directing since the early 1990’s, but I know he still wrote stuff up to the time of his death. I had this 1% hope that he would direct something else, kind of like that 1% hope I have that my hero Steve Perry will release some new music at some point in the future.
I don’t normally name my songs myself. That is because I named a song on my debut CD in 1996 after a girl I saw on a talk show, and all my friends made fun of me. Since then I generally give the job of song naming to my friends and family – rightfully assuming they will do a better job that I did! But once in a while I come out of retirement, and in this case – once I played back the arpeggio bubbling lead synth of this track, I knew it had to be called John Hughes. I do have this (now no longer) secret wish that one of John’s kids will hear the song one day and dig it, as I know at least one of his sons is in the music business. Maybe they have already – but even if not, I am cool with just simply honoring one of my idols." - Ken Elkinson
About the Album:
"I am a super angry driver and
the last three places I lived are constantly ranked amongst the top
worst traffic cities in America - Atlanta, then NYC and now Los
Angeles. With each passing day on the roads here in L.A., I experienced
new levels of insanity. People shaving as they drive, eating full
meals, women applying makeup - a bus driver reading the newspaper on the
steering wheel of a city bus. I even saw Bob Barker driving once with
a girl a third of his age.
My
final straw was when my then three year old twins started to repeat my
road rage rants word for word, including words not even grown ups should
be uttering. I did not want me (or more importantly my kids) getting
shot, so I decided I needed something to help me cope. I had been
primarily a solo piano artist, but I started composing ambient music.
One track turned into ten turned into 168 ideas, many of which became
songs. I took 60 and made it the box set Music For Commuting." - Ken Elkinson
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