I've been playing for just shy of a year and I have gone from learning things like Brand New and Weezer to now playing Born of Osiris, Veil of Maya, August Burns Red, etc. However, I still cannot alt pick for the life of me. I have to do it by pure down-stroke, and I know it looks bad and...
I doubt this will actually help anyone, these are just some of my alternate picking exercises that I use. I tried to do them slow and then fast so hopefully people can learn them. But who knows. YouTube - Guitar Playing Alternate Picking Exercises (eh)