Career
He released two rock albums on the Aquarius label in the 1990s. Richardson also appeared in the Canadian musical theatre production of Rent. This led to the production of his second record, The Legends of Brud, which features eleven songs he wrote himself, and a record deal with Aquarius/Electric and Music Industries. While recording The Legends of Brud, Richardson auditioned for the Canadian production of the Broadway musical Rent, landing the lead and soon after receiving a Dora nomination for his performance.
After the show"s run he was transferred to the Broadway production.
While in New York, he produced his third album northern 1 fan, and also appeared as a young David Bowie in the video for "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell".
As jACK the pair also has releases by Canadian R and B artist Keshia Chante (HUSH) and multiple releases in Japan with artists such as Crystal Kay and Chemistry. jACK also had multiple television and film placements. In 2010 Chad and Shaista Ahmed formed the television production company, LATO Productions.
LATO had its first television property, The Health Hunters optioned to Temple Street Productions and continued on to the development phase.
In early 2011 Chad was hired by ole music publishing as a Toronto Creative Manager. Later in 2011 he accepted a promotion to Creative Director of the Los Angeles office. While at ole Chad proudly signed rock icon Steven Tyler, super-producer Timbaland and a host of incredible songwriters and producers including Allison Kaplan, Mynority and Clare Reynolds.
In January of 2014 Chad moved over to Canada"s Public Relations Officer SOCAN to head up Los Angeles operations as General Motors of Los Los Angeles
