Greg Wycliffe


Remembering Greg Arcade


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In this episode, I talk about the death of Greg Arcade, and the impact it has had on me, and how it has impacted my life. I also talk about some of the things I've been up to in the past week, and reflect on the life and career of someone who was a great friend of mine.

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00:00:00.000 But so far, the people I've been interacting with in Calgary and Alberta have been just great people.
00:00:06.840 Great people, very friendly, very helpful.
00:00:10.260 Oh my god.
00:00:13.340 Like I just saw a ghost.
00:00:16.780 It said Olds, two kilometers.
00:00:20.000 Man.
00:00:21.720 Man. 0.95
00:00:22.940 I'm guessing that's the same Olds, Alberta, where they did a fundraiser for the Coots Boys.
00:00:28.240 in which Greg Arcade drove all the way out from Manitoba
00:00:35.140 to do a concert, a fundraiser, for the Coots Guys in Olds, Alberta.
00:00:47.000 I don't really know what to say.
00:00:49.840 I hope it's okay to talk about it now.
00:00:51.740 Um, but, uh, you know, I'm very, I'm, I'm not very familiar with death actually.
00:01:04.980 The only people who are close to me or closer to me who have died is, uh, my grandparents
00:01:11.200 who are quite old.
00:01:12.600 And for Reg Arcade, it was brain cancer, and it came really quick, and I heard he put up a fight, and then he was improving, and then everything went south.
00:01:36.040 That's what I heard. I haven't really talked to many people about it.
00:01:42.600 i'm really grateful to have gotten to work with him
00:01:49.620 on uh creative projects he helped he helped he's helped me any like professional sounding song
00:01:57.960 that i've released greg arcade has helped me uh he's helped me produce it mix it master it
00:02:04.220 in some cases he's recorded all of the instruments okay he recorded all of the
00:02:11.500 if you know greg arcade you wouldn't be surprised by that but i mean for for me it's like
00:02:17.280 i got used to knowing greg arcade and how talented he is but like for the average person
00:02:25.100 like it's not normal to know someone like greg arcade like greg arcade was like not a
00:02:29.480 not a sort of average person in terms of uh what's the word uh aptitude like this person was
00:02:36.780 he can make websites
00:02:39.240 graphic design
00:02:42.020 he can play drums
00:02:44.560 bass
00:02:45.700 lead guitar
00:02:46.500 probably other instruments as well
00:02:49.440 and very handily
00:02:51.860 like very very well
00:02:53.340 plus he can like it
00:02:54.700 he can record it
00:02:55.440 mix it and master it
00:02:56.680 he's a very very talented guy
00:02:59.860 and
00:03:00.760 it really is tragic
00:03:04.760 for a lot of reasons mostly because he had just had a baby girl not even long ago
00:03:13.340 just started a family you know and it's times like that where you kind of question god you're
00:03:20.320 like why would you take this person why specifically would you take this person
00:03:26.280 like what are you doing
00:03:30.380 on the other hand
00:03:40.100 it's super
00:03:41.500 it's very
00:03:46.020 cool
00:03:46.580 that he was able to leave us so
00:03:50.080 much
00:03:50.580 you know
00:03:52.280 there's a whole bunch of Greg Arcade
00:03:55.440 albums that will live on, like original songs that, yeah, those are going to be played for
00:04:05.280 years and years and years and years into the future. And, you know, it's really weird.
00:04:11.740 I was obviously upset at the news. I listened to Bury Me With My Boots On, obviously. And
00:04:22.820 But I did think of kind of like Star Wars.
00:04:33.680 I'm like, this is the part where Darth Vader strikes down Obi-Wan Kenobi.
00:04:40.500 And he's like, you have no idea how much more powerful I will become.
00:04:46.100 And I think as patriots, I know it's kind of like a really childish way to look at it,
00:04:51.740 but it kind of gives me some peace of mind.
00:04:54.260 You know, I'm working on this documentary,
00:04:58.160 this film that will hopefully turn the tides
00:05:02.940 or help reinvigorate people,
00:05:06.540 revitalize the spirit of the nation in Canada.
00:05:10.280 And it's sad that Greg Arcade is gone,
00:05:15.260 but I know that he's with me on this trip.
00:05:18.180 I know that he is with me.
00:05:19.560 he's going to make sure that the cameras are set properly he's going to give me the words that i
00:05:25.760 need in an interview to to unlock like what i need to get out of the people who i'm chatting with
00:05:32.340 you know um 0.96
00:05:35.300 it just it just sucks because
00:05:42.180 and maybe this is like a selfish way to look at it but it's like man
00:05:47.460 And he was such a creative guy who, I just, oh man, there's just so many more things that he could have done.
00:06:02.400 And obviously the ultimate in content creation, which is his daughter, right?
00:06:07.500 The ultimate in content creation.
00:06:10.340 But he's going to be missed big time.
00:06:14.680 big time
00:06:17.700 I'm sure
00:06:21.420 maybe there's a lesson in all this
00:06:22.920 I don't know what it is
00:06:23.880 I don't know
00:06:24.380 but
00:06:25.920 I know he was a man of Christ
00:06:28.540 I do it
00:06:30.520 you know it's weird
00:06:31.540 I have these old like voice memos
00:06:33.440 when people die in the 21st century
00:06:36.640 it's weird
00:06:37.080 because you can go back to your like chat
00:06:39.220 with them
00:06:40.240 their chats
00:06:40.940 and you can listen to their voice
00:06:42.900 in old voice memos
00:06:44.180 you know hearing their voice beyond the grave it's very weird
00:06:48.520 but you know it's it's i remember when i got the news of his passing
00:06:53.680 that's what i did at night before i went to sleep i i went back to our old conversation and like
00:07:00.640 listen to some voice memos of his and it felt really special because if you've ever exchanged
00:07:09.480 voice memos with someone yeah they're like voicemails but it's like this is a little bit
00:07:16.380 of greg that technically no one's ever heard before like you know it's like a private conversation
00:07:22.580 between us and i get to like re-listen to some of those
00:07:27.460 and i get to hear like the subtleties and his personality and his little quirks and all that
00:07:36.660 anyway
00:07:43.800 rest in peace
00:07:46.140 to Grey Arcade
00:07:47.780 I'm sure he's
00:07:50.580 watching down and
00:07:51.540 helping me finish this project
00:07:54.800 so thanks
00:07:56.840 for the help bud
00:07:57.480 and
00:07:59.940 we look forward to what you come up
00:08:04.800 with next
00:08:05.320 hey guys there is a fundraiser for greg and his family if he's if his music has ever touched you
00:08:15.260 then i strongly encourage you to check that out it's givecentgo.com assist greg's family
00:08:21.300 here's the information it would be greatly appreciated for his uh his wife and child ayla
00:08:26.520 thank you for watching