Learn to make your song,
your film, your book.
Dadbot Studio is a working studio — and a small school. You bring a story about your family, a stray line of writing, a melody, or a single photograph. Over a few guided sessions we sculpt it into a finished, attributed piece you own: a song with stems and sheet music, a timed storyboard you can turn into a film, or a book you can hold. Every piece carries its provenance — the source, the citation, the artist.
The tools are generative. The direction is human. The work is yours.
A short, intensive cohort where you learn the full Dadbot system — the same workflow we use in the studio — and leave with both a completed work and the ability to keep making.
A webinar. A prompt-and-pray class. A place that replaces your hand or your voice. We treat generative tools the way a production company treats previs — they accelerate the path to a shareable prototype while the artist stays in the driver’s seat.
Small by design
A few students each cohort. Real attention, real iteration — not a broadcast.
Bring what you have
A memory, a lyric fragment, a photo, a family story. No prior experience required — we teach the tools and the judgment.
Leave with a work
A finished, attributed piece ready to share, print, premiere, or hand to a producer — plus the full system so you can continue on your own.
Lyrics → Demo → Timing → Storyboard → Video or Book → Provenance report
- 01Extract and shape the story or lyric, with human guidance
- 02Generate and refine music until it serves the piece
- 03Lock the timing by hand
- 04Build a storyboard — your images, generated images under your direction, or both
- 05Package the final deliverables with a complete attribution record
You keep everything: the files, the stems, the report, and access to the workflow.
- ◆A finished song (stems + sheet music), a timed storyboard, or book-ready files
- ◆A video prototype or a flip-book edition
- ◆A full provenance / attribution document — ready for copyright or a producer handoff
- ◆The complete system, so the next piece is yours alone to make
Stephen Shooster (Shoosty) — fine artist, author, and maker with fifty years of practice, and founder of Dadbot Studio, built to explore the intersection of human direction and generative tools for songs, films, and the artists behind them. The workshop is the studio method, taught directly.
Where the art aids the artist. Maximum human engagement. Clear provenance. No orphaned work.
- ·Small cohorts — a handful of seats
- ·Workshops begin August 2026
- ·Live guided sessions + structured independent work
- ·You leave with the system; it stays with you
- ·Format, schedule, and investment shared after you request a seat