Not being able to finish a track is completely normal, It's been almost a year since I've finished one, but then again, I didn't produce for 6 of those

unless your target is to get people with beats to listen to your songs

If you haven't seen it, here's a cool little video on how NGHTMRE got the metallic-y sounds in Street. (Mostly just cool sample processing, but still awesome)

https://youtu.be/7jl-LnAYjoM?t=3602

Pots and Pans!

Thanks! Was just starting to learn spire

soundcloud track check is a chrome extension that tells you the key and bpm of a track (100% accurate)
This is the easy way, which is what I do, but learning how to do everything by ear would help a lot in the long run...

I used to be like you, I couldn't do much without having a guidebook to follow, but now I've figured out what kind of things I want in my songs. It's not always instantaneous, there's a lot of experimentation going on, but I found that listening to different types of music always helps, like REALLY listening to it. I'm not the best at arrangements either, but I found that creating your own song on top of an acapella always helps because you're forced to follow the flow of the vocals. Once you get good at doing that, you can start to make your own arrangements. Every aspect of production is hard, and there are so many different things you need to learn in order to become good at it. Just focus on one aspect at a time, don't be afraid of copying other song's progressions while you're starting off.

I'm 99% sure grey is singularity, I'm not going to say why because I don't want to be a dick, but its definitely him