So I'm sitting at work one day when I decide to casually browse my Newgrounds account for anything new that might possibly be in my inbox. Usually it's not much, but Tuesday afternoon I log in to find 8 PM's sitting there. "Whoa...I'm popular....sort of". I start browsing through them and they all link to a Toyota ad campaign on YouTube. If you have cable and watch tv (unlike myself) then you've probably seen this ad. It's Toyota's attempt to comfort the consumer market out there about the recent recalls. It's a feel good commercial that just makes you wish Toyota was in your living room right now, making you tea, and listening to you talk about your day at school.
As soon as I played the video, I had to stop myself. "Did I write this song they're playing along to this ad"? It literally sounded like something I'd composed a while ago........and then it hit me. "This piano line is very similar to A Walk Down The Trail".
Well...many of my newgrounds peeps agree. While it's not a direct copy, it's eerily similar. It's almost like whoever wrote this sat back and listened to my catelog on here before writing a quick, one minute cue for Toyota. Crazy...I know....but it's unsettled me deeply.
On that note, I've put out a website. It's just a simple site asking people to vote their opinion. Is it similar? Does it sound the same to you? I'd love people to take a look at it and decide for themselves. Feel free to PM me your opinions too. I think it's safe to say that at the very least, there's someone out there following me.
What's up Toyota??
Dachampster
It sounds similar, however creating original music is tough. SOmewhere out there is bound to be another melody that sounds like this one as well.
In short, you're going paranoid