Kì í ṣe ìwé ìlànà kan
Àkọsílẹ̀ Ìṣẹ̀dá TimTim.Live
Ìdí tí iṣẹ́ yìí fi wà, ohun tí Konpa túmọ̀ sí níbí, àti bí ẹnikẹ́ni tó ń ràn án lọ́wọ́ ṣe ń bá a lọ, ìyẹn ìdílé, àwọn alábàáṣiṣẹ́ tàbí ẹgbẹ́ kan tó ń ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ lọ́jọ́ iwájú, ṣe lè ṣe ìpinnu pẹ̀lú ẹ̀mí kan náà tó bẹ̀rẹ̀.
Ìdí tí èyí fi wà
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.
Ohun tí Konpa túmọ̀ sí ibí yìí
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.
Àwọn ìlànà tó ń darí iṣẹ́ tuntun
Àwọn ìtàn tòótọ́, kì í ṣe àwọn tí wọ́n ṣètò
Gbogbo orin, gbogbo ojú ìwé orílẹ̀ - èdè, gbogbo àkọsílẹ̀ tí wọ́n kọ sílẹ̀ ń ṣàpèjúwe ohun tó ṣẹlẹ̀ ní ti gidi tàbí tó ṣì ń tẹ̀ síwájú sí i — kò sí pé kí wọ́n padà bọ̀, tí kò sì ṣọ̀fọ̀ rárá.
Wọ́n kà sí ogún Konpa, kì í ṣe pé a kàn lò ó
Nemours Jean-Baptiste àtàwọn àṣà ìbílẹ̀ tó ń jẹ́ Konpa ti wá láti orúkọ rẹ̀, nígbà gbogbo, iṣẹ́ yìí máa ń gbèsè ohùn náà, ó sì máa ń ṣètò ìtàn rẹ̀.
Gbogbo orin jẹ́ ẹ̀bùn, kì í ṣe ẹ̀rọ tí wọ́n ń ṣe
Ohun tí wọ́n ní lọ́kàn jẹ́ “ẹni tí ó ń ṣèwádìí sí àṣà tuntun tàbí ọ̀rẹ́ tuntun kan" kí wọ́n tó "bọ́nà tí èyí ń gbà tà".
Ọ̀gbìn lórí ìwọ̀n
Orin kan tí wọ́n ní ìtàn tòótọ́, ọ̀rọ̀ òtítọ́, ìtumọ̀ gidi, àti ìbálòpọ̀ tó wà ní orílẹ̀ - èdè máa ń ṣiṣẹ́ lórí ọ̀nà mẹ́wàá.
Ohun tí kò gbọ́dọ̀ yí padà láé
- ●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.
Ohun tí wọ́n rọni láti yí padà
- →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.
Àwọn alábòójútó lọ́jọ́ iwájú
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?