{"id":931744,"date":"2026-09-04T01:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T06:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/oxfordshire-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-artist-open-to-ai-in-music\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T01:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T06:19:02","slug":"oxfordshire-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-artist-open-to-ai-in-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/oxfordshire-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-artist-open-to-ai-in-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxfordshire: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist open to AI in music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music <\/p>\n<p>\n  Drumming legend Ian Paice says he\u2019s open to having his technique replicated by artificial intelligence.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"po-inline-articlegate-partialarticle\">\n<p>\n  The 78-year-old, best known as the drummer of Deep Purple, spoke about the use of AI in music and the conditions under which he would allow his drumming to be copied.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Born in Nottingham, Paice&#8217;s father was a civil servant and he spent his early years in Germany before moving back to live in Bicester in early childhood.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Paice said: &#8220;As a business venture yeah (he would allow his drumming to be replicated by AI), but not as a gimme, it\u2019s got to be done.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Only if you knew.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Well if you died people don\u2019t know do they?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;If it\u2019s done with the consent of the artist, or the actor, or the ballerina, or whoever, then I don\u2019t have a problem with it, but people must know that it\u2019s not the real deal, then it\u2019s not a problem.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/26239950.oxfordshire-road-closures-announced-ahead-formula-1-silverstone\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Oxfordshire road closures announced ahead of Formula 1 at Silverstone<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"music Handout photo of Deep Purple album Made In Japan (50th Anniversary Edition). Please PA Feature SHOWBIZ Music Reviews. Picture credit should read: Photo credit: UMR WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Music Reviews.\"><span>Handout photo of Deep Purple album Made In Japan (50th Anniversary Edition) <em>(Image: PA Wire)<\/em><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;But where that information is hidden from people, that\u2019s a problem, and especially if it\u2019s hidden from the artist too.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I don\u2019t have a problem, whatever I am is my right to sell or not sell, but it\u2019s not their right to take it.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The musician warned that AI is already blurring the lines between real artistry and synthetic content.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Paice said: &#8220;The mass of the public believe they\u2019re listening to people they\u2019re not.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;listening to a computer algorithm.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;At that point, what is art anymore?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;If you can\u2019t tell the difference between a genuine artist and a computer programme, then art has no meaning, if there is no difference or you start to prefer the computer-generated product, that&#8217;s the problem.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Paice is the only member of Deep Purple to have played on every album since the band formed in London in 1968.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He warned that if nothing is done to protect artists\u2019 rights, creativity could lose its value.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Paice said: &#8220;If you take away any art form from humanity, you\u2019ve lost a great deal because it\u2019s the invention.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;All AI does is recreate somebody else\u2019s idea, and suddenly if you can write a computer programme or push a button, you\u2019re an artist.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It\u2019s definitely a problem, but it can be solved, but it just needs the people in control of the markets in the world, governments, to start putting laws in place to protect those people who are being infringed, having their likenesses taken, their sound, their very being, their art, their genius.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Otherwise, what\u2019s the point of doing anything?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/26242012.oxfordshire-rock-roll-legend-open-ai-music\/?ref=rss\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Drumming legend Ian Paice says he\u2019s open to having his technique replicated by artificial intelligence. The 78-year-old, best known as the drummer of Deep Purple, spoke about the use of AI in music and the conditions under which he would allow his drumming to be copied. 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