[5] While attending the music program at Concordia University in Montreal, Richardson won a nationwide search by HMV for Canada's "best undiscovered vocalist", which led to the recording of his first independent album 2 People.
[6] While recording The Legends of Brud,[1] Richardson auditioned for the Canadian production of the musical Rent, landing the lead role of Mark Cohen and soon after being nominated for a Dora Award for his performance.
LATO had its first TV property, The Health Hunters optioned to Temple Street Productions and continued on to the development phase.
While at ole Richardson signed rock icon Steven Tyler, super-producer Timbaland and songwriters and producers such as Allison Kaplan, Mynority and Clare Reynolds.
In 2014 Richardson moved over to Canada's PRO SOCAN to head up Los Angeles operations as GM of LA.