He has just released his five-track EP titled Sacred Steps after almost losing his life in a car accident. DJ and producer Mobi Dixon, real name Mabi Ntuli, is not looking for any negativity. But it seems that the spirit of exposé this week has tainted his plans to stay calm and positive. Saxophone player and composer, Lefa Mosea, has accused Mobi Dixon of not crediting him on a song released almost 10 years ago.
EXPOSED!
Lefa vented on social media saying, Mobi Dixon did not credit his writing for the song Love Colour Spin featuring Msaki. "Mobi Dixon, credit me for my work bro. It's been 10 years now,' he said. "You know very well that I came up with those lines and I wasn't a session artist and even if I was, you never gave me a cent towards this song. God knows how much I have tried to talk to you but you gaslight me.' The Error Of Assumption creator added, "Credit me bro because I can't even register for other rights because they need something from you as proof and only me and you know the truth. But I know I wouldn't lie about such like I haven't been lying all these years to you. You just chose not to listen," he said in a social media post.
NO LONGER SILENT
Lefa said he has been quiet for too long on the matter and he needs to vent. "Keeping quiet has done nothing for me, so I might as well try to fight for my kids' money differently,' he said. "God knows how many times I have tried to reason with you but you just kept on dismissing me because I was forcing a friendship. I thought one day you would be sympathetic,' Mobi told ZiMoja he has seen the vent and it is really embarrassing to say the least. "I wish artists would educate themselves better and have conversations with the people they work with and find resolve before ranting on social media and misinforming others,' he added. "The session musicians in question was transported to and from Port Elizabeth to East London and accommodated. They were paid a session fee. Furthermore, they were given specific lines to play and added a solo section. They [artists] were credited on the album sleeve as a session musician. They were transported to and from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg, accommodated and given an opportunity to feature on the music video.'
REGISTRATION
Mobi said Lefa may have failed to register himself in order to claim his money. "They failed to register themselves at Samro for needle time. They failed to register themselves at Sampra for performance rights on the sound recording as a session musician,' he said. He added that Lefa and the other session artists have no right to the composition as they are claiming. "They came and played on an existing rhythm, bas, and full melodic progression. In summary, while session musicians in South Africa are primarily compensated through flat fees and do not typically own rights to the recordings they perform on, they do have certain protections under moral rights and can benefit from industry standards and union representation,' Mobi said.
