Verdict Entertainment is a music production company and independent record label created by veteran music producer Rod Clemmons in 1995. We are dedicated to producing, releasing and promoting new independent music. As a company our scope includes everything from demo production for up and coming artists, to full album production for independent artists, independent labels and major labels.
Clemmons' high level of musical integrity and desire for great songs and intensely skilled artists led him to form his own production company in 1990 which brought him to the development of Verdict Records ultimately culminating in the formation of what is now Verdict Entertainment, a Record Label, music publishing and production company.
The Artists signed to Verdict Records are a reflection of Rod's desire to create music that 'takes you somewhere and elevates you to a new place…Music that speaks.'

Rod Clemmons, CEO/President/Music Producer:

Rod Clemmons is a multi-faceted musician, a gifted performer whose avenues of musical expression have ranged from the concert stage to pop production studios to the glories of gospel singing. At the heart of his music has always been the classical piano.

Blind from birth, Rod discovered the piano at age three and was being taught by one of the professors of music of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff by age 4. From age six through 18, studying at the Arkansas School for the Blind, he developed a substantial repertoire of music, learning every piece through tediously reading the score written in Braille. By high school he was accomplished enough to be winning competitions. He won prizes from the University of Central Arkansas and Henderson State University in Arkansas and an invitation to a summer workshop at the University of Texas in Austin, which resulted in a college scholarship offer. Indiana University, with its prestigious music department, offered him a scholarship too, which he accepted. Four years later Rod graduated in piano performance with honors, and a new-found interest in popular music as well as the classical repertoire.

For the past 17 years, Rod has lived and worked in New York City running his own production company, now called Verdict Entertainment.

At the helm of this company he has produced scores of independent and artist management sponsored demonstration recordings and several albums for independent record labels. Some of these albums brought him glowing reviews from the likes of Billboard and Friday Morning Quarterback, two of the top recording industry magazines. In the developmental stages of the record label division of his company, Rod led two foundational radio promotion campaigns for its first album "Stop the World" by Singer/Songwriter Leslie Clemmons. This included a carefully devised approach to radio stations in the small market cities (population from 25,000 to 100,000) around the country. Through this campaign, he brought the first single "Lie InYour Arms" from the album into the top 20 list of popular songs for that market. From there he was able to take the same single into the medium market cities (populations from 100,000 to 750,000 people) with the number of times the song was being played competing with Major Record Label artists such as Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette, and Sugar Ray.

A Promotional Tour for Leslie Clemmons and a Second Album "Waiting For My Conviction" getting Triple A Radio Airplay around the country yielding incredible reviews from the performances and substantial direct sales at each performance, and a retail distribution relationship with Sumthing Distribution, a New York based company developed by recording industry veteran, Nile Rodgers, specializing in the retail distribution of recordings from independent record labels has allowed Rod Clemmons to secure his company's visibility in the music industry.