Q: World instrumentals: authentic ethnic instruments?

[mladendomic]

Here's the text:

WORLD INSTRUMENTALS - both Contemporary and Traditional - needed by a Production Company/Music Library that places music in both Film and TV. They're open to hearing music from all regions of the world, as long as your ethnic instruments sound AUTHENTIC! If you submit more contemporary tracks, be sure they sustain interest - NO ambient or ethereal new age tracks for this one. Your songs and/or instrumentals will be used in film/TV scenes to create atmosphere, set a location, add energy, or evoke an emotion so submit songs with a defined mood and dynamic transitions. Broadcast Quality is needed (excellent sounding home recordings are fine.) NO VOCALS - INSTRUMENTALS ONLY! Instrumental demo presentation must be top-notch! Please submit one to three instrumentals online or per CD. All submissions will be screened on a YES/NO BASIS - NO CRITIQUES FROM TAXI - and must be received no later than Thursday, August 23, 2012.
TAXI # Y120823WI

I am a bit confused about "as long as your ethnic instruments sound AUTHENTIC!".
How do I decode this? Are ethnic instruments required for this one or not? I translate this to: "if you use ethnic instruments they must be authentic - no MIDI; but you don't have to use them".

Comments, please!

[boatrider]

they way I understand it is.....while it does not say that ethnic instruments are required, this is a library listing for world music so they are going to want music and instruments that clearly and accurately set the scene for a particular region...so if you are going for India, they would want tablas and sarod or sitar etc, if you are doing Ireland they will want Uilllean pipes or tenor banjo, fiddle etc... whatever instruments are obvious to that part of the world...
It doesn't state that real instruments are required..so virtual instruments and MIDI are fair game, although, the " sound authentic" part means that the instruments, MIDI or real, have to sound real...it can't sound like an Erhu ( chinese fiddle) is being played on a keyboard ( even if it is)...

[mladendomic]

they way I understand it is.....while it does not say that ethnic instruments are required, this is a library listing for world music so they are going to want music and instruments that clearly and accurately set the scene for a particular region...so if you are going for India, they would want tablas and sarod or sitar etc, if you are doing Ireland they will want Uilllean pipes or tenor banjo, fiddle etc... whatever instruments are obvious to that part of the world...
It doesn't state that real instruments are required..so virtual instruments and MIDI are fair game, although, the " sound authentic" part means that the instruments, MIDI or real, have to sound real...it can't sound like an Erhu ( chinese fiddle) is being played on a keyboard ( even if it is)...

OK, I agree, it sounds sane.
Thank you, boat!