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As mentioned before, maybe try a cream. Proraso is good and inexpensive. They tend to be easier. Or an ueberlather using soap and cream. Palm olive cream is available in many supermarkets round...

Also a drop of water on the soap while brush soaks helps soften the surface for easier loading.

You can use a bar of hand soap, you can also eat bugs, but a good steak is much nicer. If you're doing multiple passes and bowl lathering would go for a minute to start with just to be sure. Not...

Hope it wasn't a stupid question. But have seen very few "bars" of shaving soap.

You say you are using a glycerine based soap bar, is it a shaving soap?