Aliquam referentiae, non book regnae
Charter Creative TimTim.Live
Quomodo hoc projectum est, quod Konpa significat hic, et qualesquis adiutor, familia, collaboratoris aut futura grupa, id ipsum spiritu incipiet.
Quo hoc est
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.
Quid Konpa hic significat
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.
Quod valores novae opus guant
Fabula reala, non cogitationes
Omne canticum, omnis singula pagina, omne notabos introitum quod vere accidit aut est honesta iam progreditur – non retro impletum, absque inflatum.
Conpa hereditas credita est, non iustum
Nemours Jean-Baptiste et traditione Konpa devenit ab nomine, omne tempore - hoc projectum mutuo vocem debet et historiam eius debet ei.
unusquisque canticum donum est et pigmenta productio
Instinct semper est "quis novum cultui aut novum amicum" ante "quomodo vendit".
profundum super volume
Unum canticum cum reale fabula, veris sermones, vera translationes, et a regina vera conexione cadit decem traces profunda.
Quo non mutare potest
- ●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.
Quid confortatus est evoluere
- →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.
Futuris custodes
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?