KomPaoké-Dirèk is the Haitian style of the Karaoke , characterised by amateur singers singing along a recorded Kompa and Beat music (a music video) using a microphone.
Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol, changing color, or music video images, to guide the singer.
The music is typically an instrumental version of popular Kompa and Beat and KomPassion songs - sung in Kompaoké Bars & Lounges by Haitian, Martinicans, Dominicans (Dominca) and Guadeloupean amateur Singers in French/Creole or sometimes Crenglish (Cranglais) as well as Frenglish (Franglais).
The only difference is, unlike other regular Karaoke, you can just play the popular game called "Kamikaze Karaoke" or "Karaoke Roulett" .
As Our genres are limited to just Kompa and Beat and KomPassion music.
That said, participants cannot call up an Zook or Rasin eongs that none of the participants can sing..
Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol, changing color, or music video images, to guide the singer.
The music is typically an instrumental version of popular Kompa and Beat and KomPassion songs - sung in Kompaoké Bars & Lounges by Haitian, Martinicans, Dominicans (Dominca) and Guadeloupean amateur Singers in French/Creole or sometimes Crenglish (Cranglais) as well as Frenglish (Franglais).
The only difference is, unlike other regular Karaoke, you can just play the popular game called "Kamikaze Karaoke" or "Karaoke Roulett" .
As Our genres are limited to just Kompa and Beat and KomPassion music.
That said, participants cannot call up an Zook or Rasin eongs that none of the participants can sing..
Are you going to the Kompa Room Live to sing KomPaoké-Dirèk with us tonight Annabelle?
I heard they gonna let the audience sing for an hour before their regular show start?
I heard they gonna let the audience sing for an hour before their regular show start?
by Negre Marron Records November 2, 2018
Get the KomPaoké-Dirèk mug.KomParody is the Haitian Kompa music style of the Pariody which is a "counter-song", an imitation with a twist designed to ridicule another original song
It refers to a reworking of a composition into another in which musical ideas or lyrics are lifted into a different
Musical KomParodies imitate or
make fun of, or comment on an original work or the style of a kompa and Beat artist, or even a general style of Kompa music.
KomParody usually has humorous, even satirical intent it also often utilises incongruous elements of Haitian Pop culture for comedic effect.
It refers to a reworking of a composition into another in which musical ideas or lyrics are lifted into a different
Musical KomParodies imitate or
make fun of, or comment on an original work or the style of a kompa and Beat artist, or even a general style of Kompa music.
KomParody usually has humorous, even satirical intent it also often utilises incongruous elements of Haitian Pop culture for comedic effect.
This song is a KomParody of the french song (Si J'étais Président) which means in English (If I was President) by Gérard Lenorman.
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KompArefait, is a Haitian Kompa cover or replayed version of vintage or old-school Haitian Kompa songs that are sang in French-Creole.
The name is a portmanteau of Kompa and (Refait) which stands for remake in French, or (Konparefè) in Haitian Creole.
It's a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.
Usually, the recording process include a lead singer, back up vocalists and one or two other musicians singing over a backing track composed by session or studio musicians who happen to add their tracks one by one from remote location.
A notable ensemble for this kind of collaboration work is Gimpsy! Gimpsi! Gimpsé!, a collective of Kompa and Beat session musicians based in New York City.
The musicians are often used as "ghost players" on many Kompa recordings.
The name is a portmanteau of Kompa and (Refait) which stands for remake in French, or (Konparefè) in Haitian Creole.
It's a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.
Usually, the recording process include a lead singer, back up vocalists and one or two other musicians singing over a backing track composed by session or studio musicians who happen to add their tracks one by one from remote location.
A notable ensemble for this kind of collaboration work is Gimpsy! Gimpsi! Gimpsé!, a collective of Kompa and Beat session musicians based in New York City.
The musicians are often used as "ghost players" on many Kompa recordings.
Wow! Who would've thought that the new KompArefait versions of all those old-school recordings of Haitian female singers from the early 70s and 80s would become more popular with the new generations of Haitian kids than the originals?
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A Kompa and Beat singer who writes and performs music in order to praise a political figure and or other important person.
Often during Haitian carnival season political candidates businesses and wealthy Haitian families would sought out KompaNaval, Kompa-Ragga and Rara Bands even Kreyòl Rappers to compose and perform a KompApraisel songs about them as a form of advertisement or publicity,
Some artists who want to break into the music industry and make a name for themselves would offer to write good KompApraise songs for whoever will pay for or sponsor their album production and provide them a carnival float to perform on during the Carnival.
Some artists who don't have a their own bands would go as far as Miami and New York City to book session with Studio musicians who they know can provide them a hot backing track get their track done in time for Carnaval.
A notable ensemble for this kind of collaboration work is Gimpsy! Gimpsi! Gimpsé!, a collective of Kompa and Beat session musicians based in New York City.
Before the Karnival season arrives which usually in January, known as Pre-Kanaval, and the main carnival in February and held over several weeks each year leading up to Mardi Gras.
The first musician to sing a KomApraise song to praise a Haitian President in 1968 was Nemours Jean Baptiste, the founder and creator of Haitian Kompa Music.
A Kompa and Beat singer who writes and performs music in order to praise a political figure and or other important person.
Often during Haitian carnival season political candidates businesses and wealthy Haitian families would sought out KompaNaval, Kompa-Ragga and Rara Bands even Kreyòl Rappers to compose and perform a KompApraisel songs about them as a form of advertisement or publicity,
Some artists who want to break into the music industry and make a name for themselves would offer to write good KompApraise songs for whoever will pay for or sponsor their album production and provide them a carnival float to perform on during the Carnival.
Some artists who don't have a their own bands would go as far as Miami and New York City to book session with Studio musicians who they know can provide them a hot backing track get their track done in time for Carnaval.
A notable ensemble for this kind of collaboration work is Gimpsy! Gimpsi! Gimpsé!, a collective of Kompa and Beat session musicians based in New York City.
Before the Karnival season arrives which usually in January, known as Pre-Kanaval, and the main carnival in February and held over several weeks each year leading up to Mardi Gras.
The first musician to sing a KomApraise song to praise a Haitian President in 1968 was Nemours Jean Baptiste, the founder and creator of Haitian Kompa Music.
by Negre Marron Records November 25, 2018
Get the KompApraise mug.The name is a portmanteau of Kompa and Patriot which stands for patriotic song which are sang in French-Creole by musisians of Haitian origin.
A KomPatriotic song may refer to "La Dessalinienne", the national anthem of Haiti, named in honor of Haiti's revolutionary leader and first ruler Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
characterised by typical instruments:
Brass, woodwinds, brassy horns, Sousaphone, (Trumpet & Trombone), Percussion, Piano, and soaring Strings (vVolin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass), Timpani, Snare drum, Bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam, Triangle, Tambourine, Xylophone.
Often played during parades to salute the Haitian military, Soccer games, in school during the raising of the Haitian Flag community gatherings, some even use tgem as alarms and Komphonics or their ring tones.
A KomPatriotic song may refer to "La Dessalinienne", the national anthem of Haiti, named in honor of Haiti's revolutionary leader and first ruler Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
characterised by typical instruments:
Brass, woodwinds, brassy horns, Sousaphone, (Trumpet & Trombone), Percussion, Piano, and soaring Strings (vVolin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass), Timpani, Snare drum, Bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam, Triangle, Tambourine, Xylophone.
Often played during parades to salute the Haitian military, Soccer games, in school during the raising of the Haitian Flag community gatherings, some even use tgem as alarms and Komphonics or their ring tones.
by Negre Marron Records December 20, 2018
Get the KomPatriotic song mug.The name is a portmanteau of Kompa and Copacetic, often referred to as "Konpastik" in Haitian Creole or "Compastique" (French).
The word Hairian music Producers, Recording and Sound Engineees and use to let session artist know that "everything is in excellent order" during recording sessions or sound check.
The term "Kompacetic" was originally coined by Negre Marron Records' CEO and Label director RENÉ Guemps who often used the word to let his Artist know that things are on the up and up.
The word Hairian music Producers, Recording and Sound Engineees and use to let session artist know that "everything is in excellent order" during recording sessions or sound check.
The term "Kompacetic" was originally coined by Negre Marron Records' CEO and Label director RENÉ Guemps who often used the word to let his Artist know that things are on the up and up.
by Negre Marron Records March 9, 2019
Get the Kompacetic mug.The name is a portmanteau of Kompa and Compact, a sub-genre of Compas direct (French) (Haitian Creole: "konpa"), or kompa, the four-on-the-floor, upbeat genre that was invented in the 1950s, by Nemours Jean-Baptiste.
For short, KomPak is a modern style of Haitian dance music originating from the Haitian Diaspora.
The term was coined in 2018 by René Guemps, the Founding member of NYC-based independent label Negre Marron Records
Key stylistic element:
Vocals include a blend of SingRapping, Kompa. Modern
are sung in Haitian French-Creole, Crenglish, and Franglish, usually Feature a Lead a guest artist or Backing Vocalist or a Rapper who 'd contribute a guest verse.
Unlike traditional Compas Dirèk which uses dozen-piece ensembles with large horn sections
include (Trompet, Trombone, alto/tenor saxes)
and the two congueros or "tanbou", one of the most distinctive characteristics of compas music
Which is also a trait common to many styles of Caribbean music and other percussion (gong, cowbell, guiro).
Now a days the physical typical musical instruments are rarely used and are replaced to smaller outfits featuring the use of electronic music technology, such as synthedisers, samplers, electronic percussion, backing track, Sequencers, Drum Machine, Loops, Sound effects, EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument, Keytar, Keybass, MIDI, Drum machines, Melody, Personal computers and Digital Audio Workstations (DAW)..
For short, KomPak is a modern style of Haitian dance music originating from the Haitian Diaspora.
The term was coined in 2018 by René Guemps, the Founding member of NYC-based independent label Negre Marron Records
Key stylistic element:
Vocals include a blend of SingRapping, Kompa. Modern
are sung in Haitian French-Creole, Crenglish, and Franglish, usually Feature a Lead a guest artist or Backing Vocalist or a Rapper who 'd contribute a guest verse.
Unlike traditional Compas Dirèk which uses dozen-piece ensembles with large horn sections
include (Trompet, Trombone, alto/tenor saxes)
and the two congueros or "tanbou", one of the most distinctive characteristics of compas music
Which is also a trait common to many styles of Caribbean music and other percussion (gong, cowbell, guiro).
Now a days the physical typical musical instruments are rarely used and are replaced to smaller outfits featuring the use of electronic music technology, such as synthedisers, samplers, electronic percussion, backing track, Sequencers, Drum Machine, Loops, Sound effects, EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument, Keytar, Keybass, MIDI, Drum machines, Melody, Personal computers and Digital Audio Workstations (DAW)..
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