Music Trade Fair 2017 and Prolight + Sound 2017 Messe Frankfurt It was spring, and it felt like summer, when I decided to be on my way to the Music Trade Fair 2017 and Prolight + Sound 2017 Messe Frankfurt that took place between April, 5th and April 8th, 2017. The air was a little bit fresh because even though it felt like summer, we were in spring. I attended the Music Trade Fair 2017 and Prolight + Sound 2017 Messe Frankfurt, the first day of the trade show, and I was back on the last day of the trade show. I was there in the morning and in the afternoon for both of my attendances at the Music Trade Fair 2017 and Prolight + Sound 2017 Messe Frankfurt. The good part of it is that you don’t have to struggle to go from halls to halls, like it used to be 5 or 6 or 7 years ago and more. I found the atmosphere a little boring and grey. I didn’t find the exhilaration, the feast and joy of the previous Messe Frankfurt Music Trade Fairs from 5 and more years ago. Maybe this year’s Music Trade Fair 2017 and Prolight + Sound 2017 Messe Frankfurt reflected the state of today’s music industry that is reported not doing very well. Nevertheless, there were beautiful surprises like the group Lebendig, two members of the band performed live at the Music Trade Fair 2017 and Prolight + Sound 2017 Messe Frankfurt, and the music was very good, convincing and touching, and front singer Patrick Keil is a very convincing singer conveying heartfelt emotions. I also came across the firm Early Music Direct from Huddersfield in the United Kingdom, a firm that manufactures early music instruments: baroque guitars, …, and makes early music (medieval to baroque period) sheet music available to the public. The firm Sultan Handmade Musical Instruments attended also the Music Trade Fair 2017 and Prolight + Sound 2017 Messe Frankfurt, where they displayed some of their string music instruments. A special thanks to Mr. Gokce Engin, Export Manager for the firm Sultan Handmade Musical Instruments. I came across also the firm Balalaiker manufactory that manufactures balalaikas, hurdy-gurdies, guitars, … from the Volga river bank. Very beautiful and traditional music instruments indeed. And last but not least, former winner of the TV show “Deutschland Sucht den Superstar” in 2009, singer Daniel Schumacher, also attended the Music Trade Fair 2017 and Prolight + Sound 2017 Messe Frankfurt, to be in the know about the latest in the field of music instruments. According to the Messe Frankfurt, there were 1 922 exhibitors from 55 countries present at the Music Trade Fair 2017 and Prolight + Sound 2017 Messe Frankfurt.

100 000 visitors from 144 countries attended the Music Trade Fair 2017 and Prolight + Sound 2017 Messe Frankfurt. And 20 000 music fans attended the 50 concerts that took place in the Frankfurt’s clubs within the framework of the Musikmesse Festival. As to the Prolight + Sound event, 2 600 participants attended the Prolight + Sound 2017 Messe Frankfurt product presentation fora. The next Music Trade Fair Messe Frankfurt will be held between April 11th and April 14th, 2018. The next Prolight + Sound Messe Frankfurt will be held between April 10th and April 13th, 2018. ©2017 Teddy Crispin About the Author: Mr. Crispin is also a Poet and a writer, among his books: Dalida (1933-1987): Trentième Anniversaire: A biography distributed by Kindle Amazon Dix Petits Poèmes and More: A poetry book distributed by Kindle Amazon