Thanks Slipin. Been working with that for a while but have yet to find that golden angle. I struggle with keeping the pick flat while not loosing the "bend" in my wrist that's conducive to rotating action in the wrist w/ palm muting. Does that make sense? Trying to keep the meat of my hand (the side, not the palm) palm muting on the strings naturally angles the pick up a bit more as my hand rotates into a more open position.

Hard to describe in text, but hopefully that makes sense...