Incwadi yokungqinisa, hayi incwadi yomthetho
The TimTim.Live Creative Charter
Isizathu sokuba lo msebenzi ukho, oko kuthethwa nguKonpa apha, nendlela nabani na oncedisa ngayo ukuze uthwale intsapho yakhe, abahlobo, okanye iqela elilandelayo elinokwenza izigqibo ngomoya ofanayo owawuqalisa ngawo.
Isizathu sokuba kubekho oku
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.
Oko kuthethwa nguKonpa apha
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.
Amaxabiso akhokela umsebenzi omtsha
Amabali okwenene, awayilwanga
Nayiphi na ingoma, iphepha ngalinye lelizwe, nayiphi na incwadi engenisa incwadi echaza into eyenzekayo okanye enyanisekileyo eqhubeka iqhubeke, engazaliswanga okanye engazaliswanga.
Ilifa lemveli laseKonpa linikezelwa, hayi nje
INemours Jean- Baptiste nesithethe uKonpa sisuka kwigama lakhe, ngalo lonke ixesha SHILA lo msebenzi uboleka isandi uze ube yimbali yawo.
Ingoma nganye isisipho, kungekhona iqonga eliyimveliso
Ithuku lisoloko "elisa kwisithethe esitsha okanye umhlobo omtsha" phambi kokuba "kuthengiswe oku.
Ubunzulu phezu kwesandi
Enye ingoma ebalisa ibali lokwenene, amazwi okwenene, iinguqulelo zokwenene, nokunxibelelana kwelizwe lokwenene kubetha indledlana elishumi engekho nzulu.
Into engamele itshintshe
- ●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.
Yintoni ekhuthazwayo ukuba iguquke
- →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.
Kumaziko ekamva
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?