The Bulletproof Musician | Molly Gebrian | Activity https://members.bulletproofmusician.com/members/mgebrianyahoo-com/activity/ Activity feed for Molly Gebrian. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:09:16 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 1f9075b8e14714b9036ffceb7450808c Molly Gebrian replied to the discussion Playing with earplugs... actually helps me! in the forum Beyond Practicing Forum https://members.bulletproofmusician.com/forums/topic/playing-with-earplugs-actually-helps-me/#post-82845 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:00:38 -0400 Reply to Playing with earplugs... actually helps me!

Hi Hervé! I’m not aware of any research on this, but I have experienced the same thing myself and have seen the same result in many of my students. I am a violist, just for more context. I especially find this to be the case with neurodivergent musicians (especially those who are autistic and/or ADHD) and I’m convinced that it has something to do with sensory overstimulation when playing without earplugs. Even if the musician isn’t feeling overstimulated, cutting down on the auditory information coming in seems to be really helpful. That’s my theory, anyway! 🙂

-Molly

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