Separate Your Sound From
The Pack... 
FAST

DISCOVER HOW TO BECOME A MORE 
 COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE 
DRUMMER.

  • DISCOVER HOW TO INTEGRATE THOSE HIT-SONG PERCUSSION LOOPS INTO YOUR LIVE DRUM SET PLAYING.
  • ​DISCOVER HOW TO CREATE PATTERNS WITHIN PATTERNS THAT CREATE A FULL AND RICH SOUND.
  • ​DISCOVER HOW TO WEAVE; INTO THE MOST BASIC DRUM GROOVES- Grace notes and subdivisions. Learning to do so separately with each hand creates a full smooth and layered sound.
  • EXPAND YOUR CIRCLE OF CONTACTS
  • BECOME FIRST CALL IN YOUR CIRCLES 

  • ​300+ Pages in the series.
  • ​3500+ Open-Hand multi-surface "in the pocket" focused exercises.
  • ​This series can be studied along with any other method books that focus on styles such as pop, rock, jazz, latin, prog, metal etc... For even greater use & value.
  • ​If you want to expand your circle of professional working musicians.
  • ​If you want to be FIRST CALL within your circle.
  • ​​If you want to STOP getting stuck in those "creative plateaus" that hinder progress and make it harder & harder to pick up the sticks.
  • ​If you have ever considered integrating ambidextrous techniques into your current playing style.

Where should I Send Your FREE Intro-Guide? 

EXCERPTS IN THE FREE eGUIDE ARE TAKEN FROM THE 5-BOOK SERIES.


GRAB ALL 5 BOOKS.
 
UNCROSS//UNLOCK OPEN-HAND LAYERING METHOD.
3500+EXERCISES FROM BEGINNER-ADVANCED; 
1/4-16TH STRAIGHT-FEEL, THOUGHTFULLY SUBDIVIDED, MULTI-MEASURE EXERCISES 
FOR OPEN HAND, MULTI-SURFACE, 
LIMB-INDEPENDENCE-MINDED DRUMMERS

GRAB ALL 5 BOOKS FOR A GREAT SAVINGS!

SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE PACK!

  • CHANGE YOUR SOUND IMMEDIATELY
  • ​SHARE BACKBEAT RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THE RIGHT HAND
  • ​FREE UP RIGHT HAND TO EMBELLISH YOUR SOUND WITH ADDED PERCUSSION
  • ​FREE UP THE LEFT HAND TO ACCESS LEFT SIDE SURFACES
  • ​PUT AN END TO "LAZY LEFT" SYNDROME
  • ​NEVER HIT ANOTHER PLATEAU: ENDLESS IDEAS SPRING FORTH WHEN ARMS ARE PLAYING PATTERNS UNCROSSED.
  • ​BECOME FLUID IN MOTION AND PHRASING BETWEEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF DRUMKIT.
  • LEARN TO WEAVE SUBTLE (OR NOT SO SUBTLE) PATTERNS THROUGH THE BACK BEAT.

WHAT'S INSIDE THE FIVE eBOOK COMPILATION? 
read on...

UNCROSS//UNLOCK
BOOK-1

BOOK-1
500+ Open-Hand Exercises.
  • CROSS HAND PLAYERS INTRO: BEGINNING EXERCISES SHOW HOW TO SHARE TIMEKEEPING & BACKBEAT WITH BOTH HANDS.
  • ​OPEN HAND EXERCISES SHOW HOW: LEFT-HAND KEEPS TIME ON THE HI-HAT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PLAYING BACKBEAT ON SNARE DRUM.
  • RIGHT-HAND. EXPLORES HUNDREDS OF ONE SURFACE PATTERNS. 
  • KICK FOOT PLAYS 4 STANDARD ROCK PATTERNS 
  • ​HI-HAT FOOT IS CHALLENGED WITH TWO UPBEAT OR "DISCO" PATTERNS FOR MINOR LEFT FOOT ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT SERIES.
  • ​FOUR-A-DIDDLES STICKING PATTERNS: HOW TO SWITCH BETWEEN LEAD HANDS WHILE PLAYING DRUM FILLS. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY TO LEARN AND APPLY THESE 6 STICKING PATTERNS AROUND THE DRUMKIT.  MAXIMUM FLUIDITY IS THE GOAL.
  • ​SCREEN CAPTURED AND PERFECT AUDIO OF THE EXERCISES AT TEACHABLE.COM - OPENHAND DRUMS.

BOOK-2
Over 1200 exercises

  • ​LEFT-HAND KEEPS TIME ON THE HI-HAT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PLAYING BACKBEAT ON THE SNARE DRUM 
  • RIGHT HAND PLAYS HUNDREDS OF PATTERNS BETWEEN TWO SURFACES
  • ​FEET PLAY FOUR STANDARD ROCK PATTERNS
  • FOUR-A-DIDDLES STICKING PATTERNS: HOW TO SWITCH BETWEEN LEAD HANDS WHILE PLAYING DRUM FILLS. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY TO LEARN AND APPLY THESE 6 STICKING PATTERNS AROUND THE DRUMKIT. MAXIMUM FLUIDITY IS THE GOAL.
  • SCREEN CAPTURED AND PERFECT AUDIO OF THE EXERCISES AT TEACHABLE.COM - OPENHAND DRUMS.
BOOK-3
700+ exercises
  • ​LEFT-HAND KEEPS TIME ON THE HI-HAT, PLAYS BACKBEAT ON THE SNARE DRUM AND ADDS AN ENGAGING THIRD SURFACE PATTERN INTO THE MIX.
  • RIGHT HAND PLAYS HUNDREDS OF PATTERNS BETWEEN TWO SURFACES
  • ​FEET PLAY FOUR STANDARD ROCK PATTERNS
  • FOUR-A-DIDDLES: LEARN HOW TO SWITCH BETWEEN LEAD HANDS WHILE PLAYING DRUM FILLS.
  • SCREEN CAPTURED AND PERFECT AUDIO OF THE EXERCISES AT TEACHABLE.COM - OPENHAND DRUMS.
BOOK-4
 600 Exercises
  • ​LEFT-HAND KEEPS TIME ON THE HI-HAT, PLAYS BACKBEAT ON THE SNARE DRUM AND ADDS UNDERLYING, REPEATING 1/16 GRACE NOTE PATTERNS ON SNARE.
  • RIGHT HAND PLAYS HUNDREDS OF PATTERNS BETWEEN TWO SURFACES.
  • ​FEET PLAY FOUR STANDARD ROCK PATTERNS.
  • FOUR-A-DIDDLES: LEARN HOW TO SWITCH BETWEEN LEAD HANDS WHILE PLAYING DRUM FILLS.
  • SCREEN CAPTURED AND PERFECT AUDIO OF THE EXERCISES AT TEACHABLE.COM - OPENHAND DRUMS.
BOOK-5
600+ Exercises
  • ​LEFT-HAND KEEPS TIME ON THE HI-HAT, PLAYS BACKBEAT ON THE SNARE DRUM, ADDS UNDERLYING 1/16 GRACE NOTES ON SNARE WHILE CREATING AN ENGAGING 3RD SURFACE PATTERN. 
  • RIGHT HAND PLAYS HUNDREDS OF PATTERNS BETWEEN THREE SURFACES.
  • ​FEET PLAY FOUR STANDARD ROCK PATTERNS.
  • FOUR-A-DIDDLES: LEARN HOW TO SWITCH BETWEEN LEAD HANDS WHILE PLAYING DRUM FILLS.
  • SCREEN CAPTURED AND PERFECT AUDIO OF THE EXERCISES AT TEACHABLE.COM - OPENHAND DRUMS.

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NOT SURE YET? 
CONSIDER TWO QUESTIONS:

QUESTION 1

DO YOU USE TWO HANDS TO PLAY BEATS THAT CAN EFFECTIVELY BE PERFORMED
WITH ONE HAND? 

QUESTION 2

DO YOU SKIP INTEGRATING AUXILIARY PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT PATTERNS (cowbell/tambourine) INTO YOUR DRUM-SET PERFORMANCES?

My name is Matt Forde

I'm not a big name drummer. 
But drumming has taken me on some 
 BIG ADVENTURES.

In 2004 at 38 yo... 
I started playing OPEN-HAND a little bit at every bar gig and practice session.

I ENDED UP TRAVELING THE WORLD
AS A FIRST CALL PRODUCTION DRUMMER WITH
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES.

I WAS THE OWNER OF A QUITE-LAZY LEFT HAND 
During my first 25 years of drumming.

All my other drummer friends had Lazy-Left-Hands too.
Us drum pals had two things in common...

We all played Cross-Hand and we all sounded the same.
 

 Us pals would show each other essential arm movements like...
How-to-slip-the-left-hand-out-from-under-the-right, when keeping time on the Hi-Hats.
None of us were very efficient at it.
After-all, the Left Hand is literally stuck under the right hand when keeping time playing Cross-Hand.
It was a hassle to learn back then. So, we all played it "safe" and mostly ignored the Left Hand as Ever being LEAD HAND.
EVERYONE CAN AGREE THAT PLAYING RIGHT-OVER-LEFT,
 DECREASES MOBILITY AROUND THE KIT.

LESS MOBILITY TENDS TO LEAD TO LESS OPTIONS FOR MUSICALITY.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALL WANT OUR OWN UNIQUE SOUND.

AT LEAST I DID.
 I KNEW IF I WANTED A UNIQUE SOUND, IF I WANTED TO TAKE MY PLAYING FURTHER AS A DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST, 
I WOULD NEED TO MIMIC THE HAND PERCUSSION PATTERNS IN ALL THOSE HIT SONGS;
 WHILE PLAYING THE DRUMSET GROOVE
 
I started playing Open-Hand during every practice.

CREATE A FULLER, MUSICAL, SEAMLESS, SOUND.
 YOUR BANDMATES, AUDIENCE AND PEOPLE OF INFLUENCE:
-LIKE THOSE CUTTING THE CHECKS -
WILL NOTICE.

SEPARATE YOUR SOUND FROM THE PACK!

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Integrate-Into-Your-Performances - The Auxiliary Percussion Hook Patterns Found in Virtually Every Hit Song ever Recorded.

UNLOCK THE LEFT HAND FROM UNDER THE RIGHT HAND SO BOTH HANDS ARE FREE TO EMBELLISH THE CATALOG OF SONGS YOU PLAY, WITH EXTRA PERCUSSION.

Take Your Drumming to Metrically Measured Higher Levels of Ambidextrous Multi-Surface Coordinated Abilities.

 The Author Created an EASY-TO-READ Staff System that Separates the Limbs in such a Manner that Comprehension of the new Technique is Immediate.

Learn The Basic Technique- Apply Your New Limb Independence to Any Other Method Books.

Increase Your Circle of Contacts.
Become First Call in Your Expanding Circle of Working Musicians

LEARN A HOST OF SOLID, MOTION FLUID, FULL SOUNDING FOUNDATIONAL LEFT HAND MULTI-SURFACE GROOVE PATTERNS.

REFERENCE THOUSANDS OF SOLID RIGHT HAND AUXILIARY PERCUSSION PATTERNS. 
BEGINNER TO ADVANCED.
(lite-mid permutations all linked to table of contents for SUPER EASY REFERENCE On Tablets).

PLAY BOTH HANDS TOGETHER AND ADD THE KICK FOR SOLID, CREATIVE FULL SOUNDING PERCUSSIVE- ROCK/POP/DANCE, LATIN-POP GROOVES.
HAND EXERCISES ARE CHARTED SEPARATELY FOR EACH, PROVIDING CLEAR, DETAILED STUDY OF EACH HANDS SEPARATE RESPONSIBILITIES.

If You Play a Left-Hand Drum-Kit.
No Need Switching to a Right Hand Kit to Study These Books. (If You Play with the High-Hat on Your Right Side then ... L/H=R/H In Every Exercise).

This Series Can Be Used Alongside Any Other Drum Method Book That Focuses On "Straight" 1/4, 1/8th And 1/16th Note Styles and Feel Found in:
Rock, Pop, Disco, Latin Pop, Funk, World, Prog Etc ...
Swing, Shuffle, Jug Band/Zydeco/Old Time and Poly-Pop Technical Applications are Forthcoming.

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NOTES
In Books 1-5 The High-Hat Foot Responsibilies have stayed mostly dormant; besides two subdivided 1/8th note High-Hat Disco/Light Rock Swish Motif Exercises.
The reason is due to the Author's belief; Too many coordinated responsibilities added on top of the Core Concept (Ambidextrous Fluidity between Right/Left Hands), will ultimately be a distraction to the Core Concept.

*The Author Uses the Term "Performance Integration" to describe a drummer combining percussion such as Cowbell/Agogo Tambourine etc... live; while simultaneously playing required drum-set beat.
In the Studio, The extra percussive "feel" is usually recorded on a separate track.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
All Books we're written and "Designed" in MuseScore 2. By Matthew Forde, Former First- Call Cruise Ship Production Drummer.
Matthew naturally gravitated to playing Open Handed as a young student. He switched to Cross-Hand after seeing all the other kids playing crossed.
He switched back to Open-Hand in 2003.
Attended Musicians Institute in Hollywood CA in 2012
Began performing all the top hits in all styles onboard ships in 2014.
Matt was chosen as the First Call Drummer for Carnival Vista's Inaugural Season Sailing the Mediterranean.
Like all those working aboard ships, covid forced Matt back to land where he now resides playing full time on a resort island.
He is in the process of opening a Cardio Gym Franchise Concept and is in the process of developing training/certification courses in Basic to Advanced Stand-Up Open-Hand drumming techniques.
Contact
Matt@openhanddrums.com
www.openhanddrums.com
Matt@drummersize.com
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