Iconic Conversations with Zack Bolak - Founder of Culture Technologies
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Zack is the founder of Culture Technologies, a music tech and artist services company.
The music tech division is developing a product for producers and songwriters, called Collective, to simplify the complex process of accessing music publishing royalty money.
With the artist services arm, Culture Technologies amplifies local artists and artist teams to expand their presence in new markets - one of Culture’s first clients is the management company for Argentinian trap artist Lucho SSJ.
Prior to starting Culture Technologies, Zack spent nearly a decade in the music industry where he worked for various music companies across music tech, music distribution, recorded music, music publishing, user-generated content, and artist management. Most recently, he served as the Head of Music Creator Product Marketing for RME, a royalty collection company focused on helping music producers and songwriters access money for their music's use on social media. Before that, he was a product manager at Pex, where he and his team built the display for ingested sound recording and composition information.
Zack's career in the music industry began with internships at indie labels and management companies for artists like Childish Gambino and Frank Ocean. His first job out of college was at Dubset, a company known for its innovative MixBANK product, which was capable of identifying and monetizing the use of songs in user-generated content.
