10 Gift Ideas For Music Students & Musicians

Looking for gift ideas for a musician or music student? We've put together a list of our ideas as inspiration. From instrument care to practice devices, fun splurges or simple tools to make online lessons more convenient, here are some ideas for gifts for those who love music in your life.

1. Instrument Accessories & Necessities

Depending on what instrument is in question, musicians often need things like rosin, reeds or reed-making supplies, valve oil, picks, or even microfiber cloths for instrument care. Try searching accessories to particular instruments to get even more ideas. Lessonface teacher Sam Marvin recommends looper pedals such as Boss (RC Looper Series), TC Electronics (Ditto Looper series), Electro Harmonix, and Walrus Audio.

While looper pedals will thrill a guitarist or nice instrument case will make any musician happy, even more basic needs include metronomes, tuners, music stands, or music books and sheet music. Not sure what music to give? You can send gift cards for sheet music websites so your recipient can choose what they like.

2. Jupiter Instrument Care Kits

Speaking of instrument accessories, beginners may not have all the equipment they need to take care of their instrument or hobby. Instrument care kits, like the ones put out by Jupiter Band Instruments, are a great starting place to make sure every new musician has what they need.

3. Go for the Gold — Related Instruments as Gifts

Want to surprise someone with a really fun gift? Look for instruments that are closely related to the instrument they already play. Many musicians love exploring other instruments and choosing something similar is even more fun with less of a learning curve.

Think along the lines of pocket trumpets or flugelhorns for a trumpet player, a piccolo for someone who plays the flute, or a soprano saxophone for someone who plays a tenor, or even an electric violin for a violinist.

4. Practice Instruments (Think Shredneck Guitar/Bass Guitar Necks)

Dedicated musicians know the importance of a good practice session. However, it's not always feasible to bring or play an instrument in all settings. Enter, practice instruments! For guitarists, Shredneck makes practice necks so that fingering and playing speed can be practiced anywhere.

And while not all instruments have convenient tools for practicing quietly or on the go, drum practice pads are certainly fantastic tools for any percussionist in your life.

5. Kid-Friendly Starter Instruments — Loog Mini

If you haven’t heard of these miniature guitars for young learners, they come in different sizes and are perfect for little hands just getting started with an instrument or older kids who would like to go on to play a full-size guitar. It's an easy transition for any Loog player to graduate to full-size guitar thanks to the shared tuning of the three strings to the corresponding top three strings of a regular guitar.
 

6. Music Lessons and Classes

Not only are online music lessons and classes greener while making lessons easy and convenient, but they allowing access to more great educators than may be in your gift recipient's local area.  Giving the gift of lessons can be inspiring to a student and gives the student the flexibility to try new music styles, or take fun classes.  Lessonface gift certificates make giving the gift of music easy with online lessons, classes and give each student a wide choice of teachers to find their perfect match.

7. Quality Headphones — Sennheiser HD25

Great headphones will instantly level-up any music listening experience, but they're also a super helpful tool for online lesson-takers to make sure they're hearing as much details as possible from their teacher. Looking for a decent pair to concentrate on lessons and block out background noise?

Check out Sennheiser HD25s for a great noise-cancelling headphone, or more of Sennheiser's line for open-back, over-ear headphones for long-wearing comfort. 

8. USB Microphone — Blue Yeti

While hearing one's teacher clearly is important, sending the best audio quality you can during an online lesson is also important. The more details a teacher has about your playing abilities, the more better feedback and solutions can be discussed. An easy option for improving the sound you're sending to others is to choose an external microphone, such as the Blue Yeti, rather than relying a built-in microphone — or worse yet, the microphone built into wireless earbuds. USB microphones make it easy to send a higher quality signal. 

9. Dahle Self-Healing Cutting Mats

A favorite of the Lessonface team, these self-healing cutting mats offers serious desk protection. If you know someone who takes extra care with their things, one of these versatile mats is a great option under a computer keyboard and mouse, or equally at home for arts and crafts projects.

10. Upgraded Audio — Focusrite Scarlett Solo 

Lastly, for those serious about better, high fidelity audio, we recommend getting an audio interface. An audio interface allows a computer to handle professional quality audio beyond the capabilities of a built-in sound card. It is, in a sense, an external sound card. A great option for many people is something like the Focusrite Scarlett Solo which has a powered XLR connection for better microphones, a line-in for instruments with built-in microphones like some guitars, connections for studio monitors, and 1/4 inch headphone monitor jack.