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La charta creativa de TimTim.Live
Perquè aqueste projècte existís, çò que significa Konpa aicí, e coma quin que l'ajuda a portar en avant, la familha, los collaboradors, o l'equip futur, pòt prene decisions al meteis esperit qu'a comença.
Per que existís aquò
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.
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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.
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Storias realas, pas inventadas
Cada cançon, cada pagina de país, cada picada de blòts descriu una cosa que s'es producha o es encara en rèireténcia — jamai en règla, jamai inflada.
Konpa patrimoni es creditat, pas sonque utilizat
Nemours Jean-Baptiste e la tradicion Konpa ven d'obténer lo nom, cada vegada — aqueste projècte prene lo son e li deu sa istòria.
Cada cançon es un don, pas una nautor de product
L'instint es sempre "que aquò introduís a una cultura novèla o un amic novèl" abans "com vend aquò".
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Una cançona amb una èsta reala, la letra reala, las traduccions realas, e una connexion reala del país bat dez pistas superficisas.
Qué deu pas modificar jamai
- ●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.
Lo que es animat a evoluar
- →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.
Per los guardans dels futurs
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?