The Founders

On April 10, 2019, award-winning musician and record producer Emo Alaeddin held his first MNO meeting at his SoCal recording studio, Granted Records, by inviting musicians he had known locally. Being the Freddie Mercury of a nationally touring Queen tribute band called The Kings of Queen, his hope was to bring music to the world of networking. His hope was to form a networking group of twelve musicians who would meet weekly and then promote each other on each others’ social media.

Magically, in twelve weeks, the concept of “Play It Forward” was put to practice by way of the formation of the first chapter of MNO members, who would call themselves The Founders MNO.

The Founders MNO’s very first online networking meeting was held on July 3, 2019 at Granted Records in Southern California and was open to visitors to celebrate the launch of the very first music networking group.

One of the visitors in attendance was Emo Alaeddin’s good friend, financial planner, and local music lover Melissa Levin, CFP®. Melissa was already attending Alaeddin’s concerts and was curious to see what her friend and fellow networker had created.

As impressed as she was with The Founders MNO’s first meeting, she saw the potential to turn MNO into not only a music promotion networking group but a hybrid of music promotion for musicians and referral generation for business professionals.

Melissa had built her financial planning business solely by way of referrals generated from referral groups in her past and understood the power of networking with professionals from all industries. She was an avid fan of local music and understood the plight of musicians and how important it was to them to have folks attending their shows and listening to their music.

So after the first Founders MNO meeting, Melissa submitted her application for membership as the financial planner. She was excited about promoting the talented musicians of The Founders MNO but also saw the potential for the musicians to recommend her services to their fans, friends, coworkers, and family members. Her concept of truly bringing together the two unlikely worlds of music and business together made her an undeniable founder of MNO.

In September 2019, Music Network One, Inc was officially established with Emo Alaeddin and Melissa Levin as equal shareholders. In March 2020, their proprietary MNO Member App was launched and MNO members were able to post for each other on their social media sites, pass referrals, log shows attended, and invite visitors looking to grow their music or business all within the app.

Emo Alaeddin and Melissa Levin have successfully launched an organization that perfectly blends music, business, fun, structure, and events to help bring dreams of all musicians and professionals to life.