Un punto de referencia, no un libro de reglas
La carta creativa de TimTim.Live
Por qué existe este proyecto, qué significa Konpa aquí y cómo cualquiera que ayude a llevarlo adelante (familia, colaboradores o un futuro equipo) puede tomar decisiones con el mismo espíritu con el que comenzó.
¿Por qué existe esto?
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.
¿Qué significa Konpa 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.
Los valores que guían el nuevo trabajo
Historias reales, no inventadas.
Cada canción, cada página de país, cada entrada de cuaderno describe algo que realmente sucedió o está honestamente todavía en progreso — nunca retrocedido, nunca inflado.
La herencia de Konpa se acredita, no solo se usa
Nemours Jean-Baptiste y la tradición Konpa viene de ser nombrado, cada vez — este proyecto presta el sonido y le debe su historia.
Cada canción es un regalo, no una presentación de producto.
El instinto es siempre "quién hace esto introducir a una nueva cultura o a un nuevo amigo" antes de "cómo vende esto".
Profundidad sobre volumen
Una canción con una historia real, letras reales, traducciones reales, y una conexión de país real gana diez pistas poco profundas.
Lo que nunca debería cambiar
- ●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.
Lo que se 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.
Para futuros custodios
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?