Musicians

No finger picking in their besides for the Banjo guy. I flat pick pretty much exclusively.

What you are hearing is your brain telling you that there has to be multiple fingers there. The "speed" will slow down for you after awhile as it does for everyone....just takes time.

About playing and instrument:

Some have asked me how I got to where I am at with guitar and they think that I am a "natural" when this is not the case what-so-ever, it is all about putting in the time...baby steps all the way. When asked "How did you learn that" relating to a really fast song I give them this:

"Imagine walking 1 mile in the snow, then you need to walk backwards along the path you came without looking and retrace your exact steps going back"...that is what it takes to get good on technical songs (not the one I linked above). Playing lead guitar (or any instrument is like a fine choreographed dance.....it takes practice, you go to one section and "bust a move" then you go to the next section and do the same...all of these pieces strung together give you a product.

It is also like becoming good at a video game. When you start "Level 1" is difficult until you memorize the moves to get through that level, then after some time that level is a cake walk since you have done it so many times, you have learned it.

That's some analogies for you.

You have to pretty much have an excessive compulsive personality or be a perfectionist.

I played a year of college baseball - no scholarship, I was a pitcher and could run fast so the coach picked me up as a walk on as he had someone that could throw 10 pitches to get out of an inning and be a pinch runner. I roomed with the golfers and was pretty much a "hack" at golf. They had tryouts so I walked on, shot my lowest score in my life of 73 at the time (got some nice breaks and a lot of luck)...I was offered a scholarship for golf so I quit the baseball team. I knew that I could not even come close to shooting 73 again, I did not have the talent and I really wanted to remain on a golf scholarship for the next few years. I proceeded to hit 700 balls a day nearly every day and played at least 18 holes of golf 4 days a week on top of that. I never played in a tournament that my fingers were not taped up from being blistered. I won my first tourny during my second year....a really big accomplishment for me on a personal level.

As I mentioned before in some above posts, playing guitar is the hardest thing I have thing I have ever tried to do.