Lokatai na magana, ba littafin dokokin ba
Ƙari ga haka, Ɗan’uwa ta TimTim.Live
Dalilin da ya sa wannan aikin ya wanzu, abin da Kompa yake nufi a nan, da kuma yadda duk wanda ya taimaka masa ya ci gaba, wato iyali, masu tarayya, ko kuma rukunin nan gaba zai iya tsai da shawarwari kamar yadda aka soma.
Dalilin da ya sa wannan yana wanzuwa
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.
Abin da Konpa yake nufi a nan
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.
Kirki da ke ja - gorar sabuwar aikin
Lalle lãbãri na gaskiya, bã su ƙirƙira ƙarya.
Kowace waƙa, kowace shafuffuka na ƙasa, kowacce littattafai ya kwatanta wani abu da ya faru ko kuma da gaske yana ci gaba — kada a sake cika, ba a taɓa cika ba.
An ɗaukaka gadō na Konpa, ba kawai da aka yi amfani da shi ba
Nemours Jean-Baptististe da al’adar da Kompa ta fito daga sunan, kowace lokaci — wannan aikin ya bayar da saƙon kuma ya ba shi tarihinsa.
Kowace waƙa kyautãwa ce, ba ƙunci ba ne.
Kafin "yadda wannan ya sayar da shi" shi ne "wanda ya yi hakan da sabuwar al’ada ko sabuwar aboki."
Zuri ga girma
Waƙoƙi ɗaya da take da labarin, furci na gaske, fassarar gaske, da kuma haɗin kai na ƙasa ya ƙunsa hanyoyi goma masu kyau.
Abin da ba zai taɓa canja ba
- ●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.
Abin da aka ƙarfafa shi ya gyara
- →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.
Domin masu kula da nan gaba
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?