First gig in London The Phoenix

I had my first song-writing showcase in London at “The Phoenix”, I was quite nervous.


I had so many instruments to carry, my keyboard, my guitar so I decided to drive there. I only had 12kilometres to travel and it took me literally 3 hours 9, got lost! At one stage I was ringing my mum who was coming across London to her hotel in a taxi. The taxi driver was giving me instructions!!! My mum is buying me a sat-nav!!

I had left enough time just in case, so I was there in plenty of time

The Phoenix is a great pub located on Cavendish Square. Daniel Joe presents a great acoustic night on Sunday evenings. He gave me a featured slot so that I could show case five of my songs.

I decided to showcase three new songs that are coming out in November:

My Angel, a soulful ballad song; I played the keyboard to this song

Ooh-Wooh, a bluesy song; again I played the keyboard

Incurably Unhappy which is a blues song, which I played on the keyboard aswell.

Strange Gal , which is on www.myspace.com/vickyrobsoncapps: I used the guitar as my instrument with

Then I finished with Daince as a big band style finale. The video to which you can see on www.youtube.com/vickyrobsoncapps

Daniel was great as he let me use my backing tape for Daince due to the fact that it’s difficult to fit a big band into The Phoenix!!

I was going to use my electric acoustic guitar for “Strange Gal”, which was given to me by my mum as an early Christmas present but there was no sound, so I had to use someone else’s guitar. Everyone was so generous allowing people to use their musical instruments.

I loved playing in the Phoenix as it had an intimate atmosphere and the audience were great as well as the promoter, Daniel Joe and the rest of the artists.

I will certainly go back with some new material to The Phoenix

Keep looking at www.myspace.com/vickyrobsoncapps in November for my new songs.

Meanwhile, been watching the X Factor, soo upset Miss Frank are out! Can’t believe John and Edward are still going through.

Music Video for "Daince"

It’s coming soon to your neighbourhood: Daince video.


I really enjoyed making my first ever video. We decided to use Daince as my first video due to its big band, theatrical and sultry feel.

The shooting for the Music Video of Daince was at the “Birdcage” club in Leeds; the venue was beautiful, colourful and provided the perfect atmosphere for the “Daince” theme. It was interesting being in the nightclub during the day and watching the cleaners working around us. They must have wondered who we were.

We first shot the part where I am a cleaner in the club and I get carried away with the music and dance. We shot this about 10 times.

In all I must have song Daince about 50 times that day.

It’s amazing when you see the final video how all the various scenes are put together.

For the second part, I dressed up into this sparkly outfit, heels and makeup to portray a glamorous, successful singer/performer. This is the cleaner’s dream.

My sister and I went shopping the day before for the dress. I love this dress and it fitted the song and the background of the club.

We shot this scene many times and I loved every minute of it.

My sister’s boyfriend was kind enough to play the security guy in the video as he looks the part. He even managed to find a security tee shirt.

My mum even managed to find the 1950’s Elvis style mic!!

I adored making this video, singing, dancing, and acting: it brings the song alive.

Thank you to everyone who helped by allowing us to use the Birdcage, thanks Sonia and to Nic for being a great producer and to a very talented camera man. To all those who helped to edit the video to produce a fantastic job, thank you.

So watch out everyone the music video is coming out in about 10 days time on YouTube and on my web page .