Twisty Finger Movement

Hi Troy, Your explanation 'made sense', thank you. The 'interference' is overwhelming I fear. Upon watching this one back today, after thinking that it was 'pretty good'.... I see how much movement there is in my fingers. This doesn't register when I play. I tell myself, "keep your fingers still"... and here is the result. I feel like I'm having a bit of success with the 'twisting' action of EVH. But in this clip, I still see 'spiking' on the upstroke. I don't know how I'm ever going to get rid of that?... "For both techniques, you have a lot of joint action going on: the forearm, fingers, and wrist are all moving. So far, our attempts to shut some of these off and get just one joint doing one thing haven’t worked very well." "In the first clip, you appear to have two forms: one where you anchor a little more on the thumb, and another where the hand is flatter on the strings." I think this is why I said earlier, I feel like I have 20 different techniques? So many different picking actions, but the crux of it seems to boil down to this terrible finger movement and spiking upstroke? It's so bizzare to see upclose. I have no idea I'm doing it, when I do it. Except, that it feels wrong. This is obviously why? "I think you can see the similarities in the overall form and motion." I watched both clips and I do see what you mean about his action and mine. So, in this clip, I 'did' focus on keeping the picking 'lighter' and smoother... and it kinda feels like it works... although, I've managed to obscure the pick with my thumb. "try extending to more groups of four - in other words, try adding more chunks." I did try to join a bunch of 4 note combos in this clip and keep it smooth.