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Hi AJ

Welcome to the forum! It is always handy having both electric and acoustic guitars - they suit different music.

I'm not sure if strumming is different on an electric but generally it is easier to play chords on an electric.

You'll get it with practice anyhow!

When I was teaching I found a lot of people tending to try to apply immense pressure when playing barre chords. This did lead to some serious aching.

Often this is a common mistake as if all the notes do not sound the actual reaction is to press harder. In fact you may find that it is the positioning of your fingers that is preventing notes ringing.

So my advice would be to press as lightly as you can to try and work out how much pressure is really needed then play each note and see why individual notes might not be ringing.

You obviously need to apply some pressure for barre chords, especially on the acoustic but it would be worth looking into your technique a little to see if there can be any improvements.

As Polyal has said, electric guitars with a light gauge of strings makes barre chords much easier!

I gave up smoking a few years back now.

When I go up the pub now I get abandoned when everyone goes outside!

I do not agree with a blanket ban though. It is good that family places are not filled with smoke but pubs and clubs? It is crazy. Clearly the population agrees as it is not the case that more people have started going to pubs and clubs because they are smoke free - it is the opposite!

Hi Welcome to the forum!!

Yes would be great to hear some of your own music!

No worries

Let me know if you get stuck in any way or need to check the accuracy of any tabs! I will be glad to help!

I assume you know about guitar tab and how to read it and how to find it?

Another one people like to try, which is good for chord change practice and picking is "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M

This starts with D and cycles to G then goes to Em and A

This is really good information. 

You hit the nail on the head regarding it sounding like G major. This is exactly where I started to struggle. Ok with one or two chord vamps but nothing more.

I never considered using the bass to keep the modal tonality!

Thanks a lot

Nothing specific. I have had limited time the last few weeks and the time I have had, I been experimenting with my guitar sound and getting used to using MIDI.

I regularly think of starting writing lyrics but it never happens. I guess that just thinking about it isn't going to get me too far! I really need to set some time aside and force myself to write, no matter how bad it may seem!

Cheers man! I will certainly try! I am working on songwriting/riff writing daily so I am hoping to have some more professional offerings soon!

It's a nice song but it doesn't count as a one chord song!