Mira Costa alumni create charity/music site, Causewaves
Photo courtesy of Thomas McAulayThomas McAulay and Jared McCammon want to showcase bands and solo artists performing in unusual places on their charity site, Causewaves.com. It started with indie bands playing acoustic music at subway stops. Thomas McAulay and Jared McCammon would film artists and bands like OK Go, Saves the Day and Matt Costa at different subway stops throughout New York City and post them to their website, subwaysessions.com. Causewaves, the new website the two 23-year-old Mira Costa alumni are currently working on would take the same concept—videos of artists performing in unlikely places or in unique ways—and add links to donate to charities of the participating artists’ choice. McAulay and McCammon aim to raise $9,000 in funds by Sept. 27 to start the project and launch the website, causewaves.com. They’re a third of the way to their goal and encourage donations through Indiegogo.com. The site will launch showcases of nine artists in nine different locations. Although McAulay and McCammon said they’ve begun working with bands to collaborate on the project, they said they cannot name any of them yet. The website is partially inspired by the pair’s love of…
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