Un punt de referència, no un llibre de regles
La Carta Creative de TimTim.Live
Per què aquest projecte existeix, el que Konpa vol dir aquí, i com qualsevol ajuda per tirar endavant la família, col·laboradors o equips futurs pot prendre decisions en el mateix esperit en què va començar.
Per què això existeix?
TimTim.Live exists to create joyful Konpa music that connects people, celebrates Haiti, and inspires curiosity about the world.
Through songs, stories, and cultural experiences, this is a living musical journey — not a finished catalog. It's meant to keep growing: new songs, new countries, new collaborators, for as long as anyone wants to carry it forward.
El que Konpa vol dir aquí
Konpa was created in Haiti in 1955 by saxophonist Nemours Jean-Baptiste, built for one purpose: to get a room full of people dancing together, no matter what else is going on outside.
In this project, Konpa is never just a genre label. It's the Haitian half of a Haitian-American story — Caribbean roots, colored by African guitar and reggae, shaped by decades of American life. Every song should feel like that specific person telling that specific truth, not a generic "world music" pastiche.
Els valors que guia el treball nou
històries reals, no inventades
Cada cançó, cada pàgina del país, cada entrada de la llibreta de notes descriu quelcom que realment va passar o és honestament que encara està en progrés mai no es va omplir, mai infla.
El patrimoni del Konpa està ocupat, no només usat
Els Nemmours Jean- Baptiste i la tradició que Konpa ve de posar-se nom, cada vegada que aquest projecte présteca el so i li deu la seva història.
Cada cançó és un regal, no un to de producte
L'instint sempre és "qui es presenta a una nova cultura o a un nou amic" abans de "com pot vendre això."
Profunditat sobre el volum
Una cançó amb una història real, una lletra real, traduccions reals, i una connexió al país real supera deu pistes poc profundes.
Què no hauria de canviar mai
- ●The Haitian-American identity at the center of it — this is not a generic "world music" brand and never should become one.
- ●Crediting Konpa's real origin (Nemours Jean-Baptiste, 1955 Haiti) whenever the genre is explained.
- ●Honesty in every number shown publicly — no inflated counts, no fabricated milestones, no backfilled history.
- ●Every song and country page staying free to experience — the music is a gift, not a paywall.
El que s'anima a evolucionar
- →New genres and collaborators, as long as the Haitian-American throughline stays legible.
- →New languages, translations, and countries — the catalog is built to grow this way from day one.
- →New formats: video, live performance, education, community covers — anything that makes a song a living experience rather than a static track.
- →The tools and platforms this runs on. The values above matter far more than any particular tech stack.
Per futurs vèrtexs
If you're reading this because you've inherited this project, or you're helping carry it forward: you don't need to guess what would have been wanted. Use this page.
When a decision doesn't have an obvious answer, ask which choice serves the person listening to a song for the first time — not which choice is easiest to build or most impressive to announce.
When in doubt about whether something belongs, the test is simple: does it help someone discover, perform, or share the Konpa story — or does it just add noise around it?