About Me

  • The Long Habit of Making Things: A Profile of Emmitt Owens In 1999, Emmitt Owens was recording songs on a five-dollar microphone connected to a Windows 98 computer, using FruityLoops to build tracks in whatever room of the house happened to be free. He released the material under a home operation he called Plizaya Productions,… Read more

  • The Buzzard Times From Packing Heat to Packaging Bath Salts: The Strange Career Evolution of a Wrapper Florence, Ala. — There was a time when he packed heat. Mixtapes. Albums. Hard rhymes. Loaded pistols. Hard attitude. He wasn’t arranging anything. He was moving units. He spoke like a man who believed nobody could touch him,… Read more

  • 🎬 “Tweaker Energy” — A.W. Carter Releases New Music Video Sometimes one little project turns into ten. And sometimes Granny ends up dancing in the garage at 3 AM. A new music video has arrived for “Tweaker Energy” by A.W. Carter, from Buzzard Dust: Copper, written by Emmitt Owens. The song is a fast-moving country… Read more

  • The Froggies – Ice Cold Beer 🍺 | Official Music Video | Buzzard Dust: Aluminum 🍺 “Ice Cold Beer” by The FroggiesFrom the upcoming album Buzzard Dust: Aluminum Written by Emmitt OwensBuzzard Dust: AluminumIndex #07132026 Pull up a stump, crack open a cold one, and spend a few minutes with The Froggies—Buzzard Dust Mixtapes’ favorite… Read more

  • The Buzzard Times More Than a Name: The Forgotten History Behind “Buzzard Dust” By Staff Reporter BUZZARD ROOST, Ala. — To many people, the phrase “Buzzard Dust” sounds like something made up for a band name. According to Appalachian folklore, it wasn’t. Long before it became the title of an independent music project, buzzard dust… Read more

  • Derrick Mobley – “Alabama”Written by: Emmitt OwensBuzzard Dust: Nickel [Verse 1]Red clay risin’, morning on the pines,Whippoorwill singin’ where the river winds.Dust on my boots, but Heaven knows my name—AlabamaAlabamaAlabamaAlabama [Verse 2]Front porch light where the old folks pray,Fields turn gold at the end of the day.No matter where I roam, my heart’ll say—AlabamaAlabamaAlabamaAlabama Read more

  • The Evolution of the Solo Creator: How 25 Years of DIY Tools Led to AI How independent creators went from four-track cassettes to AI-assisted concepts — and how to build a one-person studio at any stage of that timeline Long before “solo creator” was a category with a name, there were people making full bodies… Read more

  • 50 Days and Forever

       50 Days and Foreverfor the one Providence cast toward me… Day One · The Water   Before I knew you, I knew the river …the hush of current, the patience of the line,how a man learns to wait on something greaterthan himself. Then you stood at the water’s edgeand I forgot I was waiting at… Read more

  • Fourteen Days

    — I’m posting this here as a hidden post and it’ll be made public the minute we sign these papers. Reason for doing this? To keep anyone from changing my mind, changing our minds. To keep the faithless away, like garlic to a vampire. Our minds are made up and they will not change. ….… Read more

  • Babel in Relationships: How Communication Breakdowns Mirror the Tower of Pride (A Blunt Bible Commentary Essay by Emmitt Owens)(Index #10192025-B)Written: October 19th 2025 Version Two  Author’s Note The Tower of Babel isn’t just about architecture — it’s about communication. And if you’ve ever tried to love someone and found yourself talking circles around the same fight,… Read more