Ntlha ya tšhupetšo, e sego puku ya molao
The TimTim.Live Creative Charter
Lebaka leo ka lona modiro wo o lego gona, seo Konpa a se bolelago mo le kamoo motho le ge e le ofe yo a thušago a o tšwetša pele lapa, bašomi - gotee goba sehlopha sa nakong e tlago seo se kgonago go dira diphetho ka moya o swanago wo o thomilego ka wona.
Lebaka leo ka lona se se lego gona
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.
Seo Konpa a se bolelago mo
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.
Boleng bjo bo hlahlago modiro o mofsa
Ditaba tša kgonthe, ga se tša hlangwa
Kopelo e nngwe le e nngwe, letlakala le lengwe le le lengwe la naga, puku e nngwe le le lengwe ya go ngwalela dintlha e hlalosa selo seo ge e le gabotse se diregilego goba seo se sa dutšego se tšwela pele ka potego e sa kwanantšhego le ka mohla, se se sa hlwago se tlala.
Bohwa bja Konpa bo a retwa, ga bo dirišwe feela
Nemurs Jean-Bptiste le setšo sa Konpa di tšwa go go rewa leina, nako e nngwe le e nngwe ge modiro wo o dira gore medumo e be ya kgonthe gomme o swanelwa ke histori ya wona.
Kopelo e nngwe le e nngwe ke mpho, e sego setšweletšwa
Ka mehla tshekamelo ya tlhago ke "yo a dirago se o thoma setšo se sefsa goba mogwera yo mofsa" pele " "o rekiša bjang."
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Kopelo e nngwe yeo e nago le kanegelo ya kgonthe, mantšu a kgonthe, diphetolelo tša kgonthe le naga ya kgonthe yeo e tswalanago le yona e betha mehlala e lesome yeo e sa rego selo.
Seo le ka mohla se sa swanelago go fetolwa
- ●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.
Ke'ng seo se kgothaletšwago Gore ke Boe gape
- →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.
Bakeng sa bahlokomedi ba Nakong e Tlago
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?