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Emmitt Owens

  • The Shallows and the Deep

    The Shallows and the Deep Oct 09, 2026 · Emmitt Owens Two people can sit in the same pew, sing the same hymn and recite the same creed, yet live in completely different worlds. One is there because it’s Sunday. The other is there because they’ve been praying since 5 a.m. and something in them… Read more

  • The Fish That Outlived an Empire

    The Fish That Outlived an Empire Oct 12, 2026 · @Emmitt You’ve seen it stuck to the bumper of a minivan in a church parking lot: two curved lines crossing at one end, a fish drawn in a single stroke. It looks like something a kid could doodle. But that little fish is one of the oldest… Read more

  • … And Whatever Other Gods Are Worshipped

    And Whatever Other Gods Are Worshipped Reflections on a well-meaning prayer, the irony inside it, and what it actually means to live like a Christian A Prayer Before the Meeting There is a sentence I hear from time to time that never fails to make me smile. It usually comes at the start of a… Read more

  • The Woman Who Couldn’t Frown

    The Woman Who Couldn’t FrownBy: Emmitt OwensA whimsical tale…(Index #06042026) Miss Tia P. Puckle had one simple plan:“Today I shall frown like a serious gran.”She marched to her mirror and planted her feet,Then ordered her face to look gloomy and beat. She lowered her eyebrows and tightened her nose,She wrinkled it up like a wiltable… Read more

  • The WindowsXP Advantage: Fruityloops

    The Windows XP Advantage:  Why FruityLoops 2 and 3 Can Be a Powerful Front End  …for AI Music Written by: emmittowens.com staff / September 26th 2026 FruityLoops 2 and 3 won’t make AI music sound better by magic. What they can do is give the AI a source you designed yourself, built from a sonic vocabulary that modern software no longer hands you by default. One of the more… Read more

  • The Line Between “Using AI” and “Not Using AI” Is Disappearing

    The Line Between “Using AI” and “Not Using AI” Is Disappearing The conversation about artificial intelligence is usually framed as a binary: humans on one side, AI on the other. But that framing is increasingly out of step with how people actually interact with technology. A more accurate picture is starting to look like human-plus-AI… Read more

  • The Importance of Documenting Your Creative Work

    The Importance of Documenting Your Creative Work In the old days, a musician might keep a box of master tapes, handwritten session notes, track sheets, and a stack of receipts sitting in a closet. It wasn’t glamorous, but that paperwork could tell the story of how a recording came to exist. Today, things are different.… Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Liberty Overalls

    Mad Mechanics: The Liberty OverallsEpisode 10.4Written by: Emmitt OwensAs narrated by: Waylon Waylon, Intro: “Well now, folks, let me tell you about the day Derek Pemberton returned and learned that insurance mathematics don’t account for stubbornness, Reedus discovered the transformative power of forty-five dollar workwear, and the whole shop learned that sometimes the funniest thing… Read more

  • Northwest Alabama’s Independent Musicians Are Making a Scene of Their Own

    Northwest Alabama’s Independent Musicians Are Making a Scene of Their Own Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Russellville, and the surrounding Tennessee Valley — September 2026 When people outside Northwest Alabama hear the words “Muscle Shoals,” they usually think about the past — legendary recording studios, session musicians, soul records, Southern rock, and the long list of… Read more

  • Northwest Alabama Music News: The Music Is Still Being Made

    Northwest Alabama Music News: The Music Is Still Being Made September 2026 — Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, and the surrounding Tennessee Valley If you live in Northwest Alabama, you don’t have to look far to find music. It might be coming from a stage in downtown Florence, a bar in Muscle Shoals, a community… Read more