[LAU] Ok, dumb question..

frank pirrone frankpirrone at gmail.com
Sat Feb 21 16:45:11 EST 2009


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Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 08:23:22AM -0500, Darren Landrum wrote:
> 
>> http://vamp-plugins.org/
> 
> One more 'vamp': in Italian a 'vampa' is a big
> flame. Like in:
> 
>   Stride la vampa! La folla indomita
>   corre a quel foco lieta in sembianza.
>   Urli di gioia intorno echeggiano.
> 
>   A big flame rises up! The wild and excited
>   crowd assembles around the fire, cries of
>   joy echo around.
> 
> Azucena, decribing her mother's execution
> at the stake, from Verdi's Il Trovatore.
> 
> Ciao,
> 
Vamp is an actual music term meaning improvisation, so to vamp is to
improvise and a vamp is an improvisation.  Not clear how this name
"implies" this project, but it's connected at least by music.

Frank
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