Un point de référence, pas un livre de règles
La Charte Créative TimTim.Live
Pourquoi ce projet existe, ce que Konpa signifie ici et comment toute personne qui contribue à sa réalisation – famille, collaborateurs ou future équipe – peut prendre des décisions dans le même esprit dans lequel il a commencé.
Pourquoi cela existe
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.
Ce que Konpa signifie ici
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.
Les valeurs qui guident les nouveaux travaux
Des histoires vraies, pas inventées
Chaque chanson, chaque page de pays, chaque entrée de carnet décrit quelque chose qui s'est réellement produit ou qui est honnêtement encore en cours — jamais rempli, jamais gonflé.
L'héritage Konpa est crédité, pas seulement utilisé
Nemours Jean-Baptiste et la tradition Konpa viennent de son nom, à chaque fois — ce projet emprunte le son et lui doit son histoire.
Chaque chanson est un cadeau, pas un argumentaire de produit
L'instinct est toujours "qui fait cela introduira une nouvelle culture ou un nouvel ami" avant "comment ça se vend."
Profondeur sur volume
Une chanson avec une histoire réelle, de vraies paroles, de vraies traductions, et une vraie connexion country bat dix morceaux peu profonds.
Ce qui ne devrait jamais changer
- ●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.
Ce qui est encouragé à évoluer
- →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.
Pour les futurs gardiens
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?