AutolabelBY PREBALLIN · EARLY-STAGE
An artist operating system for release planning, saved context, campaign work, and decisions the artist can review. Built from my own work in music.
Open the product ↗Independent builder · Music / Applied AI · Los AngelesI make music.
I make music.
And systems
that keep moving.
I'm Tad. Preballin is my automation studio. I build the tools around the work I already do, from finding music students to planning an artist's next release.
PREBALLIN
Independent work.
Working systems.
Independent work.
Working systems.
Selected work.
Product / Operations / BusinessLessons found
through ChatGPT.
Six booked students confirmed that ChatGPT was how they found me. A real teaching business, with a discovery and reporting system I can inspect.
Read the result ↓The operations
behind the work.
Hermes, Codex, and Claude Code. Recurring checks, writing for review, run handling, and shared history. Selected examples are public.
Inspect the code ↗6
BOOKED STUDENTS
CONFIRMED CHATGPT DISCOVERY
A useful system should eventually help someone do something real.
Each of these students told me they found my lessons through ChatGPT before reaching out and booking. Separately, analytics recorded 40 ChatGPT referral sessions from August 12 through October 6. The two measures stay separate.
Read the acquisition case study ↗The work that repeats.
Automation / Small teams / Independent businessesFind the signal.
Research, competitor checks, inbox triage, and recurring reports. A short read with sources and a clear next action.
Read the approach ↗Keep the voice.
Turn raw ideas, recordings, and notes into useful drafts. You review the words before anything goes out.
See the workflow ↗Follow through.
Prepare lead replies, onboarding, and reminders. Keep the details and decisions together instead of doing the same work twice.
Read the guide ↗Start with one useful thing.
Work with meEvery tier starts with a free call where we map the workflow. If it's not worth automating, I'll tell you.
Starter Workflow
$149
One task, one output. A digest, a draft, an alert, or a sheet that updates itself. Delivered in 48 hours or less, with documentation.
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System Build
$499
Two or three automations wired into a real pipeline for your inbox, content, or research, with approval gates where they matter. Takes 3 to 5 days.
Book free auditAutomation Partner
$199/mo
For workflows that proved useful and need a person behind them. I tune them, add checks, fix what breaks, and you get a priority queue for whatever comes up.
Book free auditCustom Agent System
$1,500+
The deeper stuff: browser agents, multi-tool integrations, private research systems. We scope it together, and 30 days of support come with it.
Book free auditHi, I'm Tad.
I'm a musician, producer, and workflow engineer in Los Angeles. I ran a recording studio for eight years and grew internet audiences from zero. Somewhere in there I started building systems to do my own repetitive work. Now I build them for other people.
I'm open to automation clients, applied AI roles, and artists or founders who want to collaborate. Autolabel is the artist product. Preballin is the studio where I build it.
See my music and teaching work ↗Fair questions.
Before we startDo I need to be technical?
No. You describe the task in normal words, and I turn it into a working system and show you how to drive it.
Will AI send things without me?
No. First builds make drafts, queues, and alerts. Anything that sends, posts, spends, or deletes has to be scoped on purpose, and most clients never automate that part at all.
What can you connect?
Gmail, Sheets, Calendar, docs, CRMs, feeds, websites, browser tasks, and custom agents. My rule of thumb: if you do it in a browser every week, it's probably automatable.
What if my task isn't worth automating?
Then I'll tell you on the free call and point you at a simpler fix. A workflow that doesn't save real time is a toy. I don't sell toys.
Who do you build AI workflows for?
Small businesses, local service businesses, and lean teams that do the same work every day or every week. Checking sources, sorting the inbox, prepping follow-ups, writing reports. If someone on your team does it on a schedule, it's a good candidate.
Can you help a local service business?
Yes. Good first builds are lead follow-up prep, review request drafts, quote follow-up reminders, and a weekly admin check. Each one does the prep and waits for your approval. My local service automation guide covers what to automate first.
Where are you based?
Los Angeles. I'm Thaddeus Arndt, I run PREBALLIN, and every project starts with a free 30-minute call where we map the workflow before I build anything.
How much does it cost?
A Starter Workflow is $149, a System Build is $499, ongoing support is $199 a month, and Custom Agent Systems start at $1,500. I wrote an AI automation cost guide on what drives the price.
Let's talkBring me one
Bring me one
annoying task.
Thirty minutes, free, and we map it together. Worst case, you walk away knowing exactly how your own workflow runs.
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