The Babe Ruth of bassists, Leland Sklar, credited on over 25,000 songs (200+ platinum records) with James Taylor, Ray Charles, Phil Collins, TOTO, Carole King, George Strait, Crosby, Nash & Young and scores more, shares pieces of history through NFTs created by Cosmic Wire. Leland launches his NFT collection by offering 3D art from his photos of celebrities flipping him the bird that make up Sklar’s coffee table masterpiece, Everybody Loves Me.
Leland Sklar’s NFT art series will roll out as Cosmic Cards, in collaboration with the legendary Hollywood Art Director, David Pascal (The Big Lebowski, Breaking Bad, Seinfeld). Each NFT card reveals the story from Sklar’s delightful encounters with famous people like Sean Penn, FLEA, Phil Collins, Lyle Lovett, or James Taylor and are linked to rewards such as VIP tickets to the upcoming concerts and events, other digital NFT collectibles from his illustrious career, or physical items like a signed copy of Everybody Loves Me.
The NFTs are created in collaboration with Cosmic Wire’s in-house tech squad led by the CEO of StrongBlock, David Moss and protected by NCODED’s military-grade encryption and authenticated with REV3AL’s proprietary technology. A percentage of the NFT proceeds will be donated to Let Me Help, Inc..
Beyond being tech savvy with NFTs, Leland is running a viral YouTube channel, entertaining the globe by replaying his unreal live performances, timeless records and telling anecdotes behind the music. Meanwhile Leland’s band, The Immediate Family, made up of rock music’s most respected artists Danny Kortchmar (Neil Young), Waddy Wachtel (Stevie Nicks), Russ Kunkel (Bob Dylan) and Steve Postell (Eric Clapton) continues to put out new music via Quarto Valley Records.
The Cosmic Wire organization specializes in protecting and monetizing the world’s most valuable IP. Traversing the now trillion dollar blockchain industry since its 300% market increase from 2019-2020, Cosmic Wire understands the potential of NFTs through the benefits of selling directly from the creator to the consumer with fair agreements, direct rewards, and downstream residuals and payments via their proprietary Licensing and Publishing model. The holistic multi-media conglomerate and record label is also founding a solar powered server farm and secure digital archive to both combat the environmental impact of the crypto industry while protecting humanity’s most valuable assets. The company will also be releasing music by the likes of Afroman, BLAZAR, Corey Feldman and a long pipeline of world class talent.