Graduation Gift Ideas (Musician)

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<p>My D has been dating a very nice young man for 18 months; they are inseparable, sort of like frick and frack, and they are moving towards permanency. He is graduating in two weeks, and has been named either valedictorian of his school, or of his major (I cannot remember which my daughter said). Whatever it is, he is graduating with top honors (summa???) - the category where you have to have a 3.7 or something - he is graduating with a 4.0 in music engineering, and with a minor in computer science. </p>

<p>I would like to get him a tasteful graduation gift, but I am lost, knowing nothing at all about musicians or even anything about the field. He already has traditional employment beginning after graduation, but then he also has a band, a record label, a recording contract, and some of his work is on iTunes. He plays an instrument but I cannot for the life of me remember what (one of the horns - sax?). </p>

<p>I was sort of thinking it might be nice to get him book that addresses the business issues entertainers/artists face, but I am not sure if any such thing would be worthwhile - agents cover this sort of thing, right? </p>

<p>What I would really like to do is get him something that recognizes his achievement…but…no idea what that might be…any ideas?</p>

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<p>depends on how much money you want to spend. the first thing I thought of was some cool photo of an old musician (…jazz was my thought, but it would depend on what he likes). Get a nice frame, and i think it would be really cool.</p>

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<p>Well…I don’t really care what it costs, except that I don’t want to inappropriately spend. I am hoping to come up with something that will recognize his achievement, and at the same time hopefully be of some use to him.</p>

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<p>You might want to post this question over on the music majors forum, it is full of musicians!</p>

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<p>Oh! Thank you! I didn’t even realize there was such a forum - I just copied my post over there…</p>