Puing-taing, chan e leabhar-taice
An chairt chreachdaich TimTim.Live
Carson a tha am pròiseact seo ann, ciod a tha sa chionn Konpa an-seo is mar a tha cuidichear duine sam bith air adhart e — teaghlach, colaraichean no sgioba san àm ri teachd — ’s urrainn dhut cinneadhan a dhèanamh san aon spiorad a thòisich e a-steach.
Carson a tha seo ann
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.
Dè Konpa a' chiall an-seo
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.
Na luachan a stiùiricheas obair ùr
Eachdraidhean, cha deach feadhainn a thionnsgail
Tha gach òran, gach duilleag nan dùthaich, tuairisgean air gach innteart nan leabhair-nòtaichean rud sam bith a thachair gu dìreach no a tha ann fhathast fhathast – chan lìonaich thu riamh air ais is chan mhòr.
Cha deach creidiúint a dhèanamh dhan oighreachd Konpa ach chan eil seo a' cleachdadh
Thèid Nemours Jean-Baptiste agus an t-aithris Konpa air ainm gach turas — tha am pròiseact seo air iasg an fhuaim is tha eachdraidh aige.
’S e buann-taoibh a tha air gach òrain, chan e gleus togsgaidh
Is e an t-innt a tha còmhnaidh "Thoir seo fo-sgrìobhadh ri cultar ùr no caraide ùr" roimh "Mar a thèid seo a reic"
An doimhne thar an draibh
Tha aon òran le sgeulachd fhìor, litrichean deiridh, eadar-theangachaidhean agus ceangal fhìor na dùthaichean buail deich tracaichean àrd.
Dè na bu chòir dhuinn atharrachadh riamh
- ●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.
Dè an mothachadh a leasachadh
- →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.
Airson cuspairean san àm ri teachd
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?