The Cure

Play drums likeBoris Williams

French/English drummer (born 1951)

The songs with Boris Williams on drums, to play on your own kit: Just Like Heaven, Friday I'm in Love and Lovesong and more. The notes come down in time with each recording, and every hit is judged — so you find out how close you get to the real part.

Start with Lovesong

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Boris Williams playing drums — Photo: Michael Wright, CC BY 2.0

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Easyeasiest — Lovesong
142average BPM
185fastest — Close To Me

Songs with Boris Williams on drums

Just Like HeavenThe Cure

Friday I'm in LoveThe Cure

LovesongThe Cure

In Between DaysThe Cure

LullabyThe Cure

Close To MeThe Cure More The Cure songsSearch the whole library in the app

How to play drums like Boris Williams

Start with Lovesong — the easiest of their parts here (easy), at 140 BPM. Take it at 0.75× until the groove sits.
Learn it part by part. The Trainer splits a song into its beats and fills, hands first and then the kick, from 70% up to full speed.
Work up to In Between Days: 1,357 notes in 2:56. Switch on the Easy level to take its hardest notes out, then switch it off.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — and watch your score climb run by run.

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Playing Boris Williams's drum parts: questions

What songs does Boris Williams play drums on?

On DRUMY you can play along to the songs with Boris Williams on drums: Just Like Heaven (The Cure), Friday I'm in Love (The Cure), Lovesong (The Cure), In Between Days (The Cure), Lullaby (The Cure) and Close To Me (The Cure).

What is the easiest Boris Williams song to play on drums?

Lovesong by The Cure — rated easy, at 140 BPM. Play it at 0.75× first, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What is Boris Williams's hardest drum part here?

In Between Days: 1,357 notes in 2:56, rated medium. The fastest is Close To Me at 185 BPM.

How do I learn to play drums like Boris Williams?

Pick one of their songs and open the Trainer: it teaches the song part by part — the beats, the fills, then the joins — hands first and then the kick, from 70% speed up to full speed, on your own electronic kit.