Ene pont di referince, nén on livre di rîles
L 'charte ahivant di TimTim.Live
Çouchal c ' pordjet egzistêye, çou ki Konpa vî vout dire chal, eyet comint kéne ki l' aidî a rapoirter — famile, collaborateurs, ou ene ekipe d' aveur — pout prinde des decidaedjes dins l' minme espri ki l' enondé.
Çouchal egzistêye dedja?
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.
Cwè Konpa vout dire chal
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.
Les valixhances kiovèt les noveas ovraedjes
Vraiy istweres, nén inventés
Tchaeke tchanson, tchaeke pådje di payis, tos ls intrêyes des notes discrire ene sacwè ki s 'est passé vraiy ou ki c' est todi sincmint en alaedje, mins rimpli, minme rimpli.
Li heredjmint di Konpa est acerti, nén ki siervi
Nemours Jean- Baptiste eyet l 'tradiccion di Konpa dvèt esse nomé, tchaeke côp, c' pordjet prezint l ' son et l' doet dû son.
Tchaeke tchanson est on don, et nén ene pince di produit
L 'instinct est todi "kéne çouci fait dner ene novele culture ou ene novele ameye" divant di "come çouci va.
Parfondeu sol volume
Onk tchanson avou ene vraiye istwere, vraiyès lectures, vraiy ratournaedjes, eyet on vraiy raloyaedje payis batte dis foûs bokets.
Cwè ni doet nén candjî
- ●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.
C 'est evoyî a evoyî
- →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.
Po les ådvins di såvrité
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?