If you’ve been following Wehbba over the years, you know he’s built a career around staying ahead of the curve — whether that’s through his relentless work ethic, a packed catalog of releases on labels like Drumcode and Kompakt, or his next-level live sets.

But with his new EP E, out now on his own label HIFN, he’s doubling down on something a lot of producers miss: creating music that feels intentional from start to finish.

To dig into E, you’ve got “Enigma” — a track that locks you into an acid groove while exploring the chaos and clarity of rave moments, and “Euforia,” which delivers that unfiltered high when everything clicks on a dance floor. But beyond the music itself, Wehbba has paired this release with a written piece that pulls you even deeper into that mindset. And if you’ve been keeping up with his Patreon or recent interviews, you’ll know that blending sound and storytelling has been his focus for a while now.

In the spirit of that mindset, I wanted to pull together a list of real, no-nonsense tips from Wehbba on how to actually get tracks finished, stay creative, and stop overcomplicating the process — all things that shaped the making of E. Whether you’re an artist trying to get out of your own head or someone stuck halfway through a project, these are the reminders you need.

Start with Just One Tool

Limiting yourself to start a track using just one tool — to create everything, from drums to bass lines to leads and effects — can often ignite your creativity and get everything flowing faster, taking you to places you wouldn’t normally go otherwise. The idea is to try to go as far as possible with just that one tool, and only then replace or add elements to complete the track.

Look Ahead, Not Sideways

A lot of people, myself included, make the mistake of focusing on what a particular label is releasing to create something for that label. But those tracks were signed quite a while before they got released, so the label might be looking for something completely different by now.

So do you, and try to build your own vision before adjusting to anyone else.

Process Less

With so many possibilities and flexibility in all the tools we have today, it’s easy to take a sample or sound we like and try to make it fit whatever we’re working on. But it’s much more natural — and often sounds better — to find the right source material before trying to process it.

A lot of the classic iconic sounds in the music we love were barely processed after recording, with the mix engineer doing nothing but adjusting volume faders to fit the sounds in.

It’s the Sound That Matters, Not You

When making music, we need to figure out what is best for the track — not get attached to the time and effort we spent making a particular element. If you spent 3 hours working on that kick drum built from feedback loops running through a modular rig and recorded in a rare console in Dracula’s castle, but an 8-bit hits harder in the mix, be ready to accept it and move on.

Welcome Feedback, But Know What It Means to You

It’s easy to get offended by feedback and dismiss it, and also easy to take advice from people you admire and apply it without questioning — because hey, they know better, right?

But it’s essential to know exactly what you’re looking for when you ask for other people’s opinions on your work. Even more important is to process those opinions and extract what is useful and actionable for you, without judgment and as objectively as possible.

Share Your Secrets

Long gone are the days of gatekeeping, of having that secret saturation plugin no one knows about that makes your kick better than everyone else’s. Everyone has access to everything — just ask ChatGPT. So share your ideas and findings with others in your community. It will lead to more ideas and findings coming back your way, it pushes our culture forward, and it’s a lot more fun.

Collab Bro

Working with other artists is a great way to get out of a creative rut and get more done when you’re short on time. It also helps to keep your ego in check when you have to let go of an idea you’re sure about to reach common ground with a collaborator. This helps us analyze things more objectively and achieve what I suggested in tip 4.

Track ID

Get that track ID everyone is asking for on social media and use it as inspiration for your next track. It’s a good thermometer for what people are interested in, and it’s probably not out yet, so it’s not a dated reference. Don’t copy, though. Only good artists copy… great artists steal.

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