Photo via Alec Long on PinterestThis post originally appeared on Noisey Canada.Calling all true musicians with an extra $18,000! Have you ever scoffed at bedroom producers because they’re ruining the “art” or found yourself nostalgic for the times when real bands recorded in real studios? If so, you’re in luck. Starting this month, Le Studio, also known as legendary Canadian band Rush’s “Abbey Road”—because Canada has an inferiority complex—will be hitting the auction block for a very very reasonable $18,000. Because what else would you do with that money other than maybe buy a bullet-proof suit, Drake’s jacket at the Apple conference, or an affordable mid-sized van for your crew to grow to hate each other in.Continued below…With this studio at your disposal (once again, for a paltry 18,000 Canadian dollars) you can make songs that sounds almost as good as what Rush have made in their heyday, including such revised classics as “Tim Sawyer,” “Xanax-a-do,” “Spirit of Spotify,” and “Lemonlight.”Built in 1974 by sound engineer Andre Perry, the studio has held host to seven albums by Rush, this video, as well as the likes of Police, the Bee Gees, Keith Richards, and David Bowie. But after being sold in 1988 and going through multiple handlers, it was put up for sale in 2008. Now it's depressing post apocalyptic architectural looks like something straight out of a Resident Evil game. But still, for a true musician $18,000 is just a drop in the bucket, considering all that sweet sweet streaming money they’re making.Jabbari Weekes is a writer living in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter.
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