You never leave your house, yet you seem to make a living. Do you do what that guy Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men does?
Yes. Charlie is a “jingle” writer and so am I. Personally I don’t see how he survives with just a piano. Isn’t that something people in the 70’s did? Write jingles on a piano and play them for “The Agency”. I have a “studio” with a “computer” which makes all my music for me. I just tell it what to do.

Do you ever write music without words?
Yes I do. But that would be called a “score” not a “jingle”. I am very adept at putting the perfect music to a series of events that have been captured on film. This is a very tricky process because some people like dramatic music, some like humorous music, some like modern, some like old and on and on. It’s my job to pick the kind of music that accentuates the nuances of the action, without being overbearing or obtrusive. Unless of course the client wants overbearing and obtrusive music, then I’m all over it. It’s also tricky because usually when I have painstakingly and lovingly created the perfect piece of music that captures all the subtleties of the picture, the client calls with a “recut”. When this happens I use a device called the “Music Manipulator” to stretch everything back into place and deliver it within 30 minutes (or it’s on me).

What if I wanted whooshes and a baby crying and electronic blips in my commercial. Could you put them in there?
Yes I could. But that’s a whole extra category called “Sound Design”. Fortunately for my clients, I don’t charge extra for this usually very “EXPENSIVE” treatment. Most of the time I record my dog barking and put that in the “Music Manipulator” and make whooshes and blips out of it. I would probably pretend to be the baby crying and speed it up to make me sound younger. Let’s see Charlie Sheen do that on a piano.

If I had some words could you make a “Jingle” out of them?
Yes I can do that. I can move words that don’t make sense and put them where they will make sense with other words that rhyme with your existing words that now make sense. But best of all, I can fit a practically unlimited number of words in a 30 second commercial. Let’s say your making a toy commercial, and this toy does 30 great things that no toy has ever done before or will do again. The world should know this. I will sing about each great thing for one second and there you have it. 30 great things in 30 seconds. I can also write my own words that don’t make sense and move them around until they do make sense or until they sound good even if they still don’t make sense. Sort of like “The Beatles” did during their psychedelic phase.

You said your “Computer” makes your music. Do you play any actual instruments?
Yes I do. When I said my computer makes my music, I was trying to sound real technical and scientific to impress potential clients. I play the guitar, piano, mandolin, ukulele and a little harmonica and actually have to play these things into my computer to make the music.

Suppose I wanted some music, but couldn’t afford something original. Do you have music that I could borrow?
Yes I do. But we professionals don’t call it “Borrowing”, we call it “Licensing”. Just like your driver’s license, you pay a fee to use the music for a certain amount of time. All you need to do is call me and I will send you David Scance Available Music Vol. 1. Act now and I’ll include “David Scance Available Music CD Sampler”. But wait there’s more, call within the next ten minutes I’ll include my do it yourself sound design kit “Whooshes, Blips and Babies Crying” and a stale Tootsie Roll.

Where can I hear some examples of your work?
Just click the top of the page, where it says TV Reel or Radio Reel.