Essential Gifts for Musicians

Gift Cards for Music Lessons and Instruments

Gift cards are a great option for most people. Musicians can be picky when it comes to their instruments or gear. Why not let them choose for themselves? This way the musician in your life can get the instrument or gear that they really want. For the beginner musician, music lesson gift cards are a great option. New students can choose what instrument they would like to learn themselves if they haven't done so already. Giving a gift card is a great way for gift recipients to save their own money while getting the music they love. At Neighbour Note, we sell gift cards for just about any music lesson including: guitar, piano, singing, ukulele, violin, viola, cello, bass guitar, flute, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, oboe, french horn, bassoon, tuba, euphonium and baritone, harp, banjo, bagpipes, mandolin, and drum lessons. Neighbour Note also has courses and programs such as: songwriting, composition, digital music production and recording, music theory rudiments, harmony, counterpoint, rock band, and guitar ensemble. Neighbour Note also has summer and march break music camps including rock band, legends and lore, sports jam, ukulele jam, and guitar boot camp.

Music Memberships and Subscriptions

Spotify Premium, Youtube Music, Youtube Premium, Apple Music, Amazon Music Unlimited, Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer are great options for the musician and non-musician alike. Most of these services offers high quality audio options that improve sound quality for listening. With a music subscription people can listen to millions of songs via streaming or downloading. Listening to music is so enjoyable. Why not give the gift of joy with a music subscription?

Headphones

Headphones are a great option for musicians and non-musicians alike. People can listen to music or listen to themselves play or sing. They can also be used for recording and production. The portability and usefulness of headphones make it a great gift for just about anyone.

Instrument Cases or Bags

Instrument cases and 'gig' bags are a great gift for any musician. Most instruments need cases to protect themselves and for transport. A good case will protect their instruments making sure they don't get damaged when not in use. Some cases and 'gig' bags can even be personalized making it an extra special gift.

Digital Tuners

Everyone needs to be in tune, especially when playing. There's nothing worse sounding than an out of tune instrument! Digital tuners are a great option. They are easy to use and are small enough to fit in your pocket or instrument case. The portability and affordability of a tuner makes it a great gift option.

Music Stands or Instrument Stands

Music stands are essential for most musicians. Most music stands can hold sheet music, tablets, or phones. When set to the appropriate height music stands can help ensure that good posture is being taken while reading music or viewing a tablet or phone. Instrument stands are handy. When an instrument is out of it's case there is a good chance it will be played more because it's easily accessible. An instrument displayed on a stand can provide a nice decorative touch to any living space.

Strings, Picks, Bows, Drumsticks, Mallets, Reeds

Guitars, banjos, basses, mandolins, violins, violas, cellos, and double basses all require strings to be changed periodically to keep the instruments sounding good. Strings range in price and can be quite expensive. Generally, you can purchase a decent pack of strings for about $20. Picks are quite cheap and come in a large variety of shapes, colours and designs making them a fun gift option. Some picks can be personalized. Most string players need a good bow to perform. A new quality bow will have your budding violinist or cellist sounding great. Drumsticks and Mallets are also a cool gift idea. They come in a variety of different woods and plastics, shapes and sizes. Drummers and percussionists tend to go through drumsticks and mallets fairly frequently since they tend to break making them a good practical gift for drummers and percussionists. Woodwind instruments require reeds. Like drummers and percussionists, woodwind players tend to go through a fair amount of reeds making them also a good practical gift.

Guitar Effect Pedals

Guitar effect pedals are a must for any electric guitar player. There are an abundance of options for different guitar effects creating so many different sounds that are fun to listen to and experiment with. Distortions, pitch delays, loops, flanger, chorus, and wah-wah pedals are popular options for electric guitar players so why not put a smile on their faces by getting them a cool guitar effect pedal!

Conclusion

As you can see, there are quite a few musical options for gifts. There is something for just about every musician and non-musician alike. If you would like to learn more about our Neighbour Note gift certificates for Toronto music lessons please click on the above links under the gift certificate section of this post.