My mother is the 9th of 17 children. Yes we're from Utah, and all 17 kids were from the SAME TWO PARENTS. Now that we've got THAT cleared up, I want to tell you about how my mother taught me how to love and excel at music.

My mother has an incredible ear. She has always...

Shane Mickelsen was 15 years old when his mother (a teacher at his high school) approached him with a very odd question: “have you ever considered dropping out of high school?”

It was an odd question, indeed. Mickelsen had previously been home-schooled and had skipped 8...