Yon pwen referans, pa yon règ
Konstitisyon Kreyatif TimTim.Live la
Poukisa pwojè sa a egziste, kisa Konpa vle di la a, ak fason nenpòt moun k ap ede pote l pi devan - fanmi, kolaboratè, oswa yon ekip nan lavni - ka pran desizyon nan menm lespri li te kòmanse nan.
Poukisa sa a egziste
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.
Ki sa Konpa vle di isit la
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.
Valè ki gide nouvo travay
Istwa reyèl, pa istwa envante
Chak kantik, chak paj, chak foto ki nan paj yo dekri yon bagay ki te rive aktyèlman oswa ki toujou ap pwogrese san rete.
Konpa eritaj se kredite, pa sèlman itilize
Jean - Jean - Australian ak tradisyon YON EPI YON YON YON EPI GEN KÈK MOUN PA GEN okenn moun ki te rele Jeanus, chak fwa pwojè sa a te prete moun nan kont li e li te oblije istwa l. — Konpa
Chak chante se yon kado, se pa yon anplasman pwodwi
Yo toujou "fè referans sa a ak yon nouvo kilti oswa ak yon nouvo zanmi " anvan sa.
Pwofondè sou volim
Gen yon chante ki gen yon istwa reyèl ladan l, pawòl ki reyèl, vrè tradiksyon, ak yon vrè peyi ki gen rapò ak dis wout ki pa twò klè.
Ki sa ki pa ta dwe janm chanje
- ●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.
Ki sa ki ankouraje yo evolye
- †'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.
Pou pwochen gadyen
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?