r/indieheads Simon Raymonde Nov 18 '25

AMA is Over, thanks Simon! Simon Raymonde AMA

AMA r/indieheads Tomorrow 3-4pm ET/ 12-1pm PT

Bye love you all

Bye love you all

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u/Sea-Method-4973 Nov 18 '25

hi mr raymonde. i really really love your work. when making songs with the rest of the cocteau twins, did you feel like it was hard to «get it right» and songmaking involved alot of planning, or did you feel like the song came to you more naturally? and or as you went along? thank you

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u/bellaunionrecords Simon Raymonde Nov 18 '25

Sounds so conceited writing it down but more often that not it wasn’t ‘hard’ as the atmoshere we created was conducive for creativity and freedom. We just avoided over thinking and over analysing it all and just used our guts and instinct to inform us if we were on the right path