★ Front of house engineer · Educator
Buford JonesFifty years behind the console
The engineer who mixed front of house for Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Prince, and a great many more is building courses for the next generation of live sound engineers.
★ Courses coming soonBuford’s view from the front-of-house console during Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, 1987-1989.
★ Learn from Buford
Courses coming soon
Buford is turning fifty years of front-of-house experience into courses for live sound engineers. The courses are still being built. Get on the list and you will hear first when they open.
“Say it is the piano that you cannot hear. The natural thing in the world is to push the piano up. But the wiser thing, the professional’s thing, is to stop and ask your own self what it is that is covering the piano over, because the trouble may not lie with the piano at all.”
Buford Jones, Mama Bakes the Cake and I Serve It
★ Explore
Fifty years at the console
Coming soonCoursesLearn from BufordLive sound courses and a mixing masterclass, now in the works.
AboutThe console is his instrumentMixing in stereo when almost nobody was, then quad and live surround.
CareerFifty years of firstsFrom Showco trucks to Pink Floyd, Abbey Road, and classrooms worldwide.
Honors and creditsThe artists he servedThirty-two multi-platinum artists, a TEC Award, and the Parnelli.
PhotosFifty years in picturesTour photos and memorabilia from Buford’s own collection.
PressIn his own wordsInterviews with NAMM, FOH, SoundPro, and more.
★ The memoir, now taking preorders
Mama Bakes the CakeAnd I Serve It
Fifty Years Behind the Console with Rock and Roll’s Greatest Artists
The title came from a New York City cab driver, somewhere around 1977. In Buford’s words: “I told him I mixed sound for live concerts. He said, who do you mix? I said, Linda Ronstadt. And he said, ah, mama bakes the cake and you serve it.”
★ Book launch at NAMM, January 2027