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From Bonham to Buddha and Back: The Slow Enlightenment of the Hard Rock Drummer Hardcover – February 22, 2023

by Clementine Moss (Author)
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What does it look like to follow a contemplative path of study and practice while also being very much in the world as a Rock-and-Roll drummer?


In this memoir, Clementine Moss - a depth hypnosis practitioner and spiritual counselor who is also the founding drummer of the Led Zeppelin powerhouse Zepparella - offers her music career as a metaphor for spiritual practice.


Performing live, musicians seek to find that place beneath thought, where the song plays them. Life on the road offers ample opportunity to investigate the ego attachments that perpetuate misery. Clementine illustrates transcendent moments of oneness in a venue crammed with

people-then steps off the stage into struggles of self-consciousness, competition, heartache, and loss.


What does a "spiritual" life look like anyway? How does contemplative practice figure in the day-to-day? In this reflective book, Clementine shines light on how each drum beat, each moment, offers lessons of awakening, no matter how gritty the path.

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    February 22, 2023
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    5.5 x 0.94 x 8.5 inches
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Clementine Moss is the founder and drummer of Zepparella, with a busy solo career as a singer and songwriter. A graduate of UC Santa Cruz with a creative writing degree, her writing path gave way to a musical one until she began her blog Bliss and Drumming in 2016. In the essays, tales of her music career provide metaphor for contemplative practice, and many of those pieces are found in various forms in, and were the impetus for, this book.Clementine is a spiritual counselor and a nondenominational Minister at The Foundation for the Sacred Stream. Using the modalities of Depth Hypnosis, Applied Shamanism, Energy Medicine, Sound Healing, and Morphic Awakening techniques, Clem has an active healing practice. She is certified in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Conflict Resolution. A Vipassana meditator for over thirty years, her study and personal practice spans many traditions.She lives in San Francisco with music manager and musician Tim Moss, and Henry the pug. Her writing has appeared in Modern Drummer Magazine, Memoir Magazine, and several other on- line publications. Clemthegreat.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BN9345YK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zepparella Inc. (February 22, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 364 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8986978956
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.34 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.94 x 8.5 inches
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Clementine Moss is the founder and drummer of Led Zeppelin powerhouse Zepparella, with a busy solo career as a singer and songwriter.

A graduate of UC Santa Cruz with a creative writing degree, her writing path gave way to a musical one until she began her blog Bliss and Drumming in 2016. In the essays, tales of her music career provide metaphor for contemplative practice, and many of those pieces are found in various forms in, and were the impetus for, this book.

Clementine is a spiritual counselor and a nondenominational Minister at The Foundation for the Sacred Stream. Using the modalities of Depth Hypnosis, Applied Shamanism, Energy Medicine, Sound Healing, and Morphic Awakening techniques, Clem has an active healing practice. She is certified in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Conflict Resolution. A Vipassana meditator for over thirty years, her study and personal practice spans many traditions.

She lives in San Francisco with music manager and musician Tim Moss, and Henry the pug. Her writing has appeared in Modern Drummer Magazine, Memoir Magazine, and several other on- line publications.

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Another female musician written book to follow my Brandi Carlile’s Broken Horses memoir.Clementine is not only the drummer for an all female Led Zepelin tribute band called “Zepparella”, but also a depth hypnosis practitioner and spiritual counselor. Her view is an interesting take on how being a hard rock touring musician has affected her path towards mindfulness and self-awareness, helping her become a better performer and a better human off stage.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Long and Winding Road
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2023
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This was a really interesting and fun read. If you've never been in a touring rock n roll band and womdering what its like, Clementine lays it all down for you. And its interwoven with spirituality and her life
journey with the almighty drum with a tribute to Bonham. She openly shares her personal story about life on the road and her drum playing style. Also I love the way she arranged the book with short chapters with blank pages between if you want to write your own thoughts down to relect on later. Really cool!
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Jessica Hayes
5.0 out of 5 stars I am digging hard on this book tonight!
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2023
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Another female musician written book to follow my Brandi Carlile’s Broken Horses memoir.
Clementine is not only the drummer for an all female Led Zepelin tribute band called “Zepparella”, but also a depth hypnosis practitioner and spiritual counselor. Her view is an interesting take on how being a hard rock touring musician has affected her path towards mindfulness and self-awareness, helping her become a better performer and a better human off stage.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I am digging hard on this book tonight!
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2023
Another female musician written book to follow my Brandi Carlile’s Broken Horses memoir.
Clementine is not only the drummer for an all female Led Zepelin tribute band called “Zepparella”, but also a depth hypnosis practitioner and spiritual counselor. Her view is an interesting take on how being a hard rock touring musician has affected her path towards mindfulness and self-awareness, helping her become a better performer and a better human off stage.
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Amara Alban
5.0 out of 5 stars Moved to tears more than once ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2023
I listened to the audible version of this book (beautifully read by the author), so what I have to share is from that perspective. And, honestly, I’ve never experienced a book like this, so I’m challenged to do it justice here, but will try.

Clementine Moss’s brilliance with the craft of writing is that the writing itself becomes transparent as it transports you into her deeply sensual and contemplative world.

The “band on the road” stories were just so fun. I felt like a lucky hitchhiker along for the ride and gifted a backstage pass.

With each chapter, valuable spiritual teachings emerge from the prose, and yet is somehow never in your face or presented as such at all. We get to witness the challenge of the expansion and contraction that is integral to awakening and experience esoteric understanding and authentic insight unfold naturally within engaging story — this brings a depth and richness that’s rare.

Often, I was touched so deeply by the beauty, the honesty and tenderness of an insight, I was moved to tears. This book is a shining illustration of a life lived with awareness.

Do yourself a favor and first, get this audio book. Then, let the listening be a gently focused meditation. Let every word be welcomed into you (as no word is superfluous here) and allow yourself to be drawn into Clem’s World …. where a love of rock and roll and meditation, camaraderie and contemplation, whiskey and devotion — to friends, fans, writing and path — all somehow flow together seamlessly to bring a delightful experience you won’t want to end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and Sui Generis
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2023
This book is unclassifiable, weaving memoir, music lesson, spiritual journey, and hard-won observations into a narrative that is deeply and truly integrated, each strand gaining power from juxtaposition with all the other strands. The voice is honest, strong, and clear, but never overwhelming. Maybe serene is the word I'm looking for‽ I do know that whatever spiritual force animates the writing is communicated to the reader, too. I don't know how she does that. But you feel more grounded while reading and for having read it. A unique and beautiful book.
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Dean Leggiero
5.0 out of 5 stars A healthy dose of each!
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2023
The title immediately grabbed me, as on the surface, Bonham and Buddha seem to be at opposite ends to the spectrum, but it turns out that Clem is the glue that binds them. combining her love of Zeppelin with her spiritual journey is a combination I didn't know I needed!
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Toni Leigh
5.0 out of 5 stars When The Levee Breaks
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2023
This book does not disappoint. In the opening page Clementine invites the reader to listen to the hi-hat of a Led Zepplin tune to experience a trance of sound. And to allow the resistance to rise. I was transported yes, but by her words. She goes on to say that we can find beautiful lessons in that resistance. "This may be a foundation of spiritual practice, to dive into the center of no and investigate". This jumped out to me because it has been my personal journey. Throughout the book she weaves the trance of sound as a musician with her own spiritual experience. It is profound, smart and riveting. Well done Clementine!
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Luis Magalhaes
5.0 out of 5 stars unique
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2023
"From Bonham to Buddha and Back" is a fascinating and unique memoir that explores the intersection of music and spirituality. Author Clementine Moss, a spiritual counselor and drummer for the Led Zeppelin tribute band Zepparella, uses her experiences on the road as a metaphor for contemplative practice.

Through her candid and introspective writing, Moss offers readers a glimpse into the world of a touring musician and the struggles and joys that come with it. She demonstrates how music can be a gateway to spiritual transcendence and how contemplative practice can offer valuable lessons in the midst of the daily grind.

What makes this book stand out is its use of a music career as a metaphor for spiritual practice. Moss expertly weaves together her experiences as a drummer with her insights as a spiritual counselor, creating a unique perspective on how to find meaning and purpose in everyday life.

Overall, "From Bonham to Buddha and Back" is a captivating and thought-provoking read that will appeal to anyone interested in spirituality, music, or the intersection of the two. Moss's writing is honest and relatable, and her reflections on life and the pursuit of meaning are sure to resonate with readers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A unique and lovely rock musician's spiritual memoir
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2023
This beautiful book by Clementine Moss uniquely pairs the experience of a rock drummer with the spiritual path. While giving a candid view of what it's like to be a touring musician and a drummer, Moss gives us a lyrical look into what the spiritual life is and can be in the reality of experience in the world. With wisdom born of that experience and heartfelt honesty Moss documents her struggles and realizations, and her practices on the mat and behind the drums. A fun, interesting, inspiring, and just all-round lovely read.
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