Shae Moseley was raised in a musical family, quite literally. His mother was a choreographer and dance instructor at Julliard and his father was a heralded session drummer who played behind artists as diverse as Coltrane and Andy Williams. The Moseleys recognized the anomalous talent of their four children (two girls and two boys) and, in hopes of capitalizing on it, formed the Moseley Family Good Times Band in 1977. Their summers were spent touring the east coast resort and retirement community circuits. Shae played drums under the tutelage of his father and was soon playing with enough skill to consistently steal the show. When he turned 18, Shae's father humbly informed him that he no longer had anything to teach him and advised him to venture out on his own. He spent the next 10 years traveling the world studying under drumming masters in West Africa, Brazil, and on the Hopi reservations of New Mexico.