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Bliss and Drumming: The Slow Enlightenment of the Hard Rock Drummer
Bliss and Drumming: The Slow Enlightenment of the Hard Rock Drummer

Bliss and Drumming: The Slow Enlightenment of the Hard Rock Drummer

Clementine Moss is a dynamic creative force—a drummer, songwriter, singer, musician, and writer whose artistic journey continues to inspire and evolve. Her latest work, Nothing Will Keep Us Apart, is a 7-song pop/folk album that beautifully showcases her songwriting and vocal talents. The first single, “Your Love,” is set to release on December 10, 2024, and offers an intimate glimpse into her reflective, soulful sound. “Most of my songs are about love, both for the other and the divine,” Clementine shares. “Where do we find light when so much feels dark? It’s only in love that we find freedom, even when holding to that truth isn’t easy. Exploring that difficulty is a favorite theme in this album.” Written alongside producer/bassist Robert Preston and keyboardist William Cameron, the track brings to mind the eclectic spirit of artists like Tom Waits, St. Vincent, and Norah Jones. In 2025, Clementine will expand her repertoire with Clem & Clearlight, a jazz-infused collection of nine tracks crafted with guitarist and composer Daniele Gottardo. As a drummer, Clementine’s powerfully emotive style brings unparalleled depth to every project. As the founding member of ZEPPARELLA, she honors the best rock drumming ever composed with her own raw intensity, accentuating the Motown heartbeat within Bonham’s iconic grooves. Over the past 20 years, she’s rocked Zeppelin covers and penned her own music, earning a guest spot in November 2023 with NBC’s Late Night 8G Band on *Late Night with Seth Meyers*. Her 2023 book, From Bonham to Buddha and Back: The Slow Enlightenment of the Hard Rock Drummer, draws on writings from her blog, *Bliss and Drumming.* Through it, Clem explores the intertwining paths of spiritual practice and a music career. A contributor to Modern Drummer Magazine and more, she continues to reach readers with her insights. A lifelong spiritual seeker, Clementine connects deeply to her true self as a performer. She finds insight through decades of Vipassana meditation, Advaita practices, and other meditation disciplines that center her life and work. Beyond music, Clementine is a Depth Hypnosis Practitioner, an Applied Shamanic Practitioner, and a nondenominational Minister at the Foundation of the Sacred Stream in Berkeley, California, under the guidance of Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. She holds a certificate in Contemplative Psychotherapy from the Nalanda Institute and is a Master of Morphic Awakening Energetic Healing Technique, which promotes energy healing on all levels. Sound healing and other modalities enrich her practice, enhancing her holistic approach to well-being.

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Clementine Moss’ new album showcasing her songwriting and singing skills is the 7-song pop/folk release NOTHING WILL KEEP US APART. This is the first single released, “Your Love,” on December 10, 2024. “Most of my songs are about love, both to the other and the divine. Where do we find light when so much feels dark? It’s only in love that we find freedom, difficult as it can be to hold fast to that truth. Addressing that difficulty is a favorite theme in this album.” Written with producer/bassist Robert Preston and keyboardist William Cameron, the song echoes artists like Tom Waits, St. Vincent and Norah Jones.

Clementine Moss reads this blog post from her blog Bliss and Drumming, about what songwriting means to her and how to proceed in a world fraught with chaos. __ The way music unites us, binds us, erases divisions, connects us at a cellular level, reminds us of our compassion and empathy, this is what I can speak rapturously of forever. In my life, I have met so many people, connected my heart to so many others, all through this magical language. Drums are language, songs are energy. I believe in the magic of it. I fall on my knees in devotion to what is truly singing. It is one of the few things I can say with certainty, I know.

From the blog BlissandDrumming.com, Clementine reads this piece.

From the blog http://www.blissanddrumming.com, Clementine reads this piece. *** We map out how we want it all to look, and we have a picture of the outcome. We create this picture based on the past, and it is through fear we speak. Fear of not having enough, fear of it not working out in the way we vision, fear of pain or sorrow, fear of change. I think I am supposed to know what the future is to look like. So I ask and ask and ask. In the past year I have been shifting to a different kind of prayer, a different type of conversation with the great unknown. I began working with a mantra meditation, and the words I focus on praise and thank. After doing this for several months, I suddenly found myself unreasonably happy. Something changed in my moments, and my moments have changed. I see that my prayers have been so one-directed. Now the energy is moving in another way.

From the blog http://www.blissanddrumming.com, Clementine reads this piece. *** Airports have lost their charm, at least for the time being. It seems as if everyone is discombobulated. Humans have forgotten their easy flow of being, and there is a kind of uptight scrabbling and agitation that sets everything on edge. People have been cooped up in their own spaces, getting their demands met in every moment, and I guess they’ve forgotten how to comport themselves with strangers. Not every impulse gets met immediately when you’re outside of your household, and people seem to have forgotten this as they bully their way to the counter or cut everyone off in traffic.

From the blog http://www.blissanddrumming.com, Clementine reads this piece. http://blissanddrumming.com/2021/03/the-question-of-not-enough/ ‎ *** I settled into life without the scramble of the constant travel of my music career. In the new stillness, I recognized within me a welling up, a kind of panic of not doing enough, not getting enough done. Without shows on the horizon, some mornings I woke in a kind of confused spin. Then, I noticed that in this confusion was a feeling of futility. I will never get enough done, so I might as well not even start. To witness this was a gift. Maybe there has always been this pushing, punishing dread of not doing enough, of not being enough. Maybe this has driven all my moments, and my impression of who I am. If I am not doing enough, then fundamentally, I am not enough. That’s a terrible feeling.

From the blog http://www.blissanddrumming.com, Clem reads this piece. *** I have spoken to many people during the pandemic who have made the best of the situation, and who feel guilty about the fact they are doing ‘okay.’ Our society has become a place in which to say that all is well makes us feel ignorant or guilty. I think it is important for us to recognize what is working and what is peaceful. There must be an energy that is in the center, a moderating well-being that is here between the poles of terrible and ignorant. By cultivating this feeling of ‘okay-ness,’ it expands. Feeling good is a generative energy. Our perception can change our experience, and our actions. We might realize this same field of the night watchman exists in our greater reality. Is there a kind of hum beneath the surface, a kind of steady rhythm of breath in, breath out, that the whole of the planet experiences at all times, no matter what the dire situation being experienced? Beneath all the chaos, is all well?

From the blog http://www.blissanddrumming.com, Clementine reads this piece. *** A young man started showing up late nights, a sleight of hand artist who would entertain the patrons with card tricks. I’m not sure he was quite 21 years old. He was quiet and pale, with a sweetness to him. His talent was astonishing. The customers would get overwhelmed with his mastery, and they loved it. When I describe tricks he performed, I am an unreliable narrator. My attitude with sleight of hand is of total trust. I want to be fooled. I guess most people watch the magician to catch the tell, to find the flaw and figure out the way the trick works, but I enter a state of complete surrender. I want the magician to succeed and leave me astounded.

From the blog http://www.blissanddrumming.com, Clementine reads this piece. *** How often do we get to find ourselves going where it is we want to go, with freedom from judgment? There is discernment of course, this sounds better to us than that, but so much of creative work is letting go of the internal rule follower, the inner judge, and just letting yourself open to what is here, asking to be expressed. This is why creative endeavor is salvation for us. We get to break out of our restrictions and just fly. In our daily life, there are so many do’s and don’ts, and the weight of that is heavy on us as we live with so many restrictions we feel placed on ourselves by others.

From the blog http://www.blissanddrumming.com, Clementine reads this piece. *** I spend a lot of time thinking about the ways in which human consciousness is transforming. For one thing people even a generation back didn’t grow up with the idea of “global community.” This concept is new in my lifetime. Once we were connected, first through the ease of travel and then through technology, our minds began to change. We started to realize that events across the planet have direct effect on us. Cause and effect became something different. Global. This is a gift, I believe, as with this knowledge, we can’t help but eventually lose our provincial and self-centered ideas. We can’t live for ourselves anymore. We not only see directly how our actions affect others, we do this in the spotlight of humanity’s gaze.