I play with cotton wool in my ears so I don't have to hear it.
Thal
haha ... Thal. That reminds me of a time once when I actually DID put earplugs into my ears, and then a set of those sound-dampening earphones over that, turned out the lights in my practice room and tried practicing like
that. I had a theory, and you know how us theorists are, we all have *very* serious science labs and run our experimental theories accordingly. Unfortunately, a friend walked in on me ... haha.
Really though, my current "theory" is that any pianistic/musical question can essentially be answered with the text in my post above.
*off to the lab ...*