Someband

Someband, also known as SOMEBAND.MID, Someband.MID or Someone's Band is a midi file that came with installing Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions. It can only be found in Windows 3.0.

It is a swing jazz-themed midi file and was composed in 1991 by Passport Designs.

The song lasts for 1 minute, 57 seconds (1:57). It plays at 160 BPM.

On Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions, with Tandy Demo Utilities when going into the Multimedia Application Demos, and then into Entertainment, and then into Music for Multimedia: Passport, it will load up a Passport Multimedia Music Demo with a midi Jukebox; Someband will be one of the midi files featured, and it comes up with the name "Someone's Band".

Sadly, it is not played in the video.

Video Evidence of Passport Design's Windows 3.0 Multimedia Jukebox here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN7wICVD30o&t=250.

Instruments
Acoustic Grand Piano (Possibly unused drums since they're out of tune and act like a beat)

Acoustic Grand Piano 2x

Muted Trumpet

Acoustic Bass

Trombone 3x

Trumpet

Drums (Standard Kit)

Synth Brass 1

Bright Acoustic Piano

Comments (Midi Information)
C1-P1 Piano

C2-P60 Mute Trpt (solo)

C3-P33 Bass

C4-P58 Trombone 1

C5-P58 Trombone 2

C6-P59 Trombone 3

C7-P57-Trumpet

C10-Drums

© 1991 Passport Designs, Inc.

Prod by Music Data Company

Listen to Midi
Since the midi file was designed to run on an OPL soundcard such as an OPL3, the midi file will sound drastically different on newer versions of Windows and Emulators since they use a Roland Wavetable General Midi soundcard.

(Note: If you're using Google Chrome or Opera, the midi file will download instead)

Listen to Someband.mid: http://soundblaster16.net/midi-s/SOMEBAND.MID

Wayback Machine Mirror: https://archive.org/download/win3.0midi/SOMEBAND.MID

Mirror Link: https://sites.google.com/site/musiccurios/downloads/Windows%203.0%20with%20Multimedia%20Extensions%20MIDIs.zip?attredirects=0&d=1 - Note: The .mid file is in a .zip folder with other Windows 3.0 midi files.

Last Resort Mirror Links
If all the links above are broken, these Archive.org mirror links are most likely to work. However, using right-click to download the midis results in the file becoming corrupted upon download. They can only be saved by left-clicking on them.

Archive Link 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20200402201123/http://soundblaster16.net/midi-s/SOMEBAND.MID

Archive Link 2: Archive of Music Curios' link - Note: The .mid file is in a .zip folder with other Windows 3.0 midi files.

Other Soundcards
Note: The OPL3 (Soundblaster 16) version is the original version of Someband. This is what the midi file used to sound like on older versions of Windows.

Microsoft GS/GM Wavetable Synth (Default Soundcard): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsSHolc_LTU

OPL3 (Soundblaster 16) - Original Version: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

OPL3 SB16 Voyetra SuperSAPI: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Gravis Ultrasound: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Sound Blaster AWE64: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Yamaha YMF724: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

DOSMID (MS-DOS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW26apuGurE&t=722s

Apple Mac: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Midi Devices
Roland SC-55: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Roland SC-88: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Yamaha MU80 MIDI Device: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Roland MT-32 (MUNT): Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Keyboards
Korg MicroARRANGER Keyboard: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Yamaha PSR-S950: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Phones
Nokia x3-00 Phone: Sorry, there's no video of this yet...

Remixes of Someband.mid
Sorry, no remixes of this midi file exist yet...