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Play drums likeClem Burke

American drummer (1954–2025)

The songs with Clem Burke on drums, to play on your own kit: One Way Or Another and Heart Of Glass. 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 Heart Of Glass

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Clem Burke playing drums — Photo: Anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0

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Easyeasiest — Heart Of Glass
140average BPM
165fastest — One Way Or Another

Songs with Clem Burke on drums

One Way Or AnotherBlondie

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How to play drums like Clem Burke

Start with Heart Of Glass — the easiest of their parts here (easy), at 115 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 One Way Or Another: 1,706 notes in 3:43. 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 Clem Burke's drum parts: questions

What songs does Clem Burke play drums on?

On DRUMY you can play along to the songs with Clem Burke on drums: One Way Or Another (Blondie) and Heart Of Glass (Blondie).

What is the easiest Clem Burke song to play on drums?

Heart Of Glass by Blondie — rated easy, at 115 BPM. Play it at 0.75× first, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What is Clem Burke's hardest drum part here?

One Way Or Another: 1,706 notes in 3:43, rated medium. The fastest is One Way Or Another at 165 BPM.

How do I learn to play drums like Clem Burke?

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.