What kind of noise isolation would you recommend for a drummer?

Question

I’m a beginning drummer and when I practice with the band it gets really loud. I know that I should protect my hearing somehow.

I have an 8-ohms monitor speaker on my side when I play the drum set but I don’t have much control on the sound level other than what we do on the initial sound check. So, I was wondering if it is safe to just plug a pair of powered headphones in series with that monitor (or the one before on the same channel) so that have full control of the sound volume. Ideally, I’d like a mix of the drums, piano and lead singer on a dedicated channel.

Another option I heard was using some earplugs specifically for musicians such as those from Hearos. So, I actually have three questions:

1)Can I safely plug a pair of headphones (with volume control) to a monitor speaker?
2)Are High Fidelity Hearos earplugs a good choice?
3)Is there any monitor system you recommend for drummers?

Thank you in advance for your answers.

Answer 1

Mic your drums and run through a mixer and use the headphone jack on the mixer. The Yamaha MG8/2fx would perfect.

Answer 2

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