Dave Chase is a renowned Music Director & Creative Leader in the luxury and fashion industry, most known for building and leading a pioneering music department at Burberry for Chief Creative Officer Christopher Bailey.

A rare blend of creative, strategic and commercial capabilities with global & UK leadership experience plus high level industry and talent relationships throughout the music business, Dave guides luxury brands through thoughtful music strategies aimed at building brand love to drive commercial success.

With 20+ years directing the musical language of global brands, Dave works directly with creative leaders including Christopher Bailey & Riccardo Tisci (Burberry), Hector Muelas (Tiffany & Co), Mario Arena (JOSEPH), Jean-Guilhem Lamberti (Accor), Patrick McDowell, Ben Lovett (TVG / Mumford & Sons)... along with CMOs at Breitling, Bang & Olufsen and Harley Davidson’s LiveWire...

Dave has a high tolerance for ambiguity and has defined the sound of brands, led business operations, soundtracked fashion shows, directed global marketing campaigns, music supervised dozens of adverts, launched music & hospitality venues and businesses, released records, DJ’d and musically curated major venues & events, produced live music performances and recordings, partnered global brands together and plenty more to help elevate brand desirability and connect meaningfully with luxury audiences.

Known for building scalable creative systems, high-impact content platforms and talent-first strategies that bridge emotional resonance and commercial ROI, including leading Burberry Acoustic, where we delivered 20m+ views and increased website dwell time by 125%.

At Burberry, Dave and Christopher Bailey collaborated on a soundtrack that became as essential to the Burberry brand as its infamous Trench coat, partnering with emerging and established musicians to deliver bespoke live performances within London Fashion Week shows and creating new music and recordings that featured on global advertising campaigns.

Dave is a thinker, a do-er, a strategist, a creative, a mentor, a leader, a marketer, a brand guardian & a fixer. He is open-minded, deeply collaborative & believes that everything is possible. He makes the seemingly impossible happen.

Dave thrives in mentoring and empowering talented teammates, leading marketing teams and complex cross-functional departments to launch and run iconic music venues and festivals, building global release and touring campaigns for renowned music artists and direct major marketing campaigns that build brand love and drive sales.

Dave began his career as a musician, but quickly moved behind the scenes working at a variety of agencies with clients including Xfm and Coca Cola, before establishing a youth culture marketing agency with the founders of iconic lifestyle bible, Sleazenation. Dave went on to marketing and leadership roles at MUTE Records and London venues KOKO, Lafayette and Omeara and a joint venture between Universal Music and WPP.

More recently, Dave is the ears behind LSTNR, advising brand clients including JOSEPH, Tiffany & Co, Breitling and many more on music, whilst collaborating with the likes of Apple Music and Chanel.

Multi-tasking... Dad to triplet sons born during UK lockdown in 2020!

Throughout his career, Dave has undertaken music projects for global brands including:

Collaborating with brands and musicians including:

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