RT60 PRESS
Appointment Press Release
09 January 2025
RT60 Appoints Giles Orford as CEO to Champion Headphone-Free Recording and Music Tech Licensing Opportunities.
London, England – 9 January 2026 – RT60, innovative music technologists with award-winning apps and industry-changing technology, announce former Focusrite Brand Director and Leadership Coach, Giles Orford as CEO, effective immediately.
Orford joins with a mission to drive long term vision, brand expansion and key industry relations, with an initial focus on licensing RT60’s latest headphone-free recording technology to those seeking to remove barriers to creativity, helping more artists create music together.
RT60 CEO Giles Orford
Rob Toulson (CTO):
"Giles’ talents of coaching creative minds, leading innovative teams and promoting unique solutions make him the perfect addition to guide our team of techy misfits, whilst bringing headphone-free recording and our other technologies to the wider music creation industries. The timing couldn’t be better.”
Mike Exarchos (CCO):
“We’ve been looking for the right individual to complete the ‘dream team’ at RT60, and help amplify our innovative solutions to a broader audience. Someone truly additive yet inspiring to work alongside. In Giles, we’re pleased to have finally completed our trifecta. I’m excited to see 2026 unfold.”
Giles Orford (CEO):
"I’m thrilled to be working alongside the great minds that are Prof. Rob Toulson and Dr. Mike Exarchos, helping to bring their ingenuity and passion to the wider music tech industry. With 25 years guiding unique and diverse talents, both as a coach and an MD, I can’t wait to bring RT60’s headphone-free tech and other innovative technologies to the wider creative community through licensing with like-minded tech companies, hopefully forging long-term collaborations along the way that will truly democratise music-making."
About RT60 (RT Sixty Ltd)
Founded in 2008 by two decorated creators, educators and technologists, London’s RT60 (RT60.uk) is set to transform how we create music. Prof Rob Toulson (CTO: DSP doctor turned acoustics professor, Glastonbury-exhibited sound designer, chart-topping producer and Routledge drum tuning author) and Dr Mike Exarchos (Chief Creative: hip-hop PhD, MTV-winning rapper, SXSW pioneer, engineer for UK hip-hop legends and an artist in his own right with acclaimed EMI albums) have worked together for over 20 years, committed to educating music makers and removing the barriers to their creativity. Their most famous app, iDrumTune, pioneered intelligent drum tuning with cepstral science, topping charts globally; meanwhile, Songzap ignites collaborative AI songwriting and is now supercharged by licensable headphone-free recording for immersive, no-headphones sessions. Finally, Drummer ITP has redefined metronomes for drummers with its adaptive intelligence.
Media: Giles Orford, CEO, RT60.uk