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Tvůrčí listina TimTim.Live
Proč tento projekt existuje, co zde Konpa znamená, a jak kdokoliv, kdo mu pomáhá, může rozhodovat ve stejném duchu, v jakém začal.
Proč to existuje?
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.
Co tady Konpa znamená?
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.
Hodnoty, které vedou novou práci
Skutečné příběhy, ne vynalezeny
Každá písnička, každá stránka v zemi, každý zápisník popisuje něco, co se skutečně stalo nebo je stále v plném proudu, nikdy nenaplněné, nikdy nafouknuté.
Dědictví Konpy je připsáno, nejen využito
Nemours Jean-Baptiste a tradice Konpa pochází z pojmenování, pokaždé, když tento projekt půjčí zvuk a dluží mu jeho historii.
Každá písnička je dar, ne produktový hřiště
Instinkt je vždy "kdo to dělá, aby představil novou kulturu nebo nového přítele" před "jak se to prodává."
Hloubka nad objemem
Jedna písnička se skutečným příběhem, skutečnými texty, skutečnými překlady a skutečným venkovským spojením překoná deset mělkých skladeb.
Co by se nikdy nemělo změnit.
- ●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.
Co je podporováno k rozvoji
- →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.
Pro budoucí správce
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?