Trae McMaken is the founder, webmaster, and primary contributor to Michigan Fiddle. Com. Trae is a long-time Michigan fiddle history enthusiast and a fiddler himself since childhood. When he began trying to find more information about fiddling throughout the state of Michigan, there was precious little to be found online. He began travelling and collecting, interviewing and researching. This website is an attempt to make it easier on those who want to learn more about this vibrant folk tradition. He is in great debt to all the wonderful collectors who preserved that which had gone before his time.