AVID BLAKE CHATFIELD is the bestselling author of TAKING CONTROL: Cracking the Code to Happiness. Chatfield began his career as an attorney and manager, representing global companies, music artists and producers, and motion picture and television writers, producers, actors, and editors. During his career he has twice served as the president of his local bar association, been elected to public office where he served two terms has a councilman, and has been a senior executive in a nationally distributed record company and a music and video production and publishing company. He currently has his own law practice where he serves as General Counsel to several diverse companies, is the CEO of The United Music Group, a partner in C & A Management, and owns Chatfield Entertainment. Over the past years David has been on international panels and roundtables such as Liverpool Sound City Music Conference and North Hollywood’s IES Music Summit, as well as guest lecturing to music business classes at Universities. He is a recent graduate of the YouTube Space Build Your Channel workshops. David also serves on the boards of several charities internationally, A Child Unheard Foundation in London and the AGSS Foundation Cancer Charity and as general counsel for Paw Works, Inc. in the United States. David is an active member in the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Association of Independent Music Publishers, the National Association of Recording Industry Professionals, the Guild of Music Supervisors, and the California Copyright Conference.
