ABOUT
Purna is a non-binary Indo-Canadian producer, mix engineer, singer-songwriter, and holistic artist developer from Montreal, Canada. Her debut single, "Chemical Romance," released in January 2021, is an alluring indie rock concoction of Garbage and the Goo Goo Dolls, with the sweetness of Tegan & Sara and Lights. She addresses moving into and healing from trauma and vocal disability.
With 14 years of experience in the music industry as a producer and mix engineer for live instruments in pop, rock, alternative, indie, folk and country, Purna also emphasizes music business education in alignment with artists' authentic identities. She has been an inclusion advocate since 2009, striving to continuously create awareness and equal work opportunities to misrepresented individuals, including those who identify as women, LGBTQ, differently-abled, and chronically ill. She encourages ethnic diversity, representing her own background using India’s national animal, the peacock, in her logo.
In 2021, Purna received a sponsorship from FACTOR Canada to run an online music business course she created. Since 2018, Purna has given workshops annually in collaboration with FACTOR Canada, at the MaMA Festival & Convention in France, and with various roles at Rock Camp for Girls Montreal. She sat on the Board of Directors and Inclusion Committee at the English Language Artist Network Quebec. She serves as a Juror for FACTOR, and she was also the sound engineer for the music video, "I Shot the Monkey" by Mackenzie 1st, which received rotation on MuchMusic, MusiquePlus and MTV in the late 2000s.
Purna has been on a temporary pause from her music career since April 2021 due to severe chronic illness and disability. She has been fully focused on recovering from Long Covid, which resulted in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS, a serious heart condition) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), which has impacted her brain funtions, including ability to listen to and make music.
With high hopes as she takes steps forward in her recovery, she intends to be back to work in 2024. At that time, she will increase her professional training in MIDI compositions for future productions with pop/rock artists, and her own music; explore additional artistic paths and projects; and develop a detailed online music business course.
To learn more about her work in each of her professional roles, please see the other pages.