Background
Harnage was born in Stuart, Florida.
Harnage was born in Stuart, Florida.
He has written, produced, engineered, mixed or performed on songs for Versa, PVRIS, With Beating Hearts, and others Life and Immersed in music throughout his childhood, he has grown up under the influence of many musical styles. Starting guitar at a young age, Harnage has also received classical voice training.
At age 14, Blake"s first group performed locally, highlighting his blues guitar improvisation.
Throughout high school, he played with various post-hardcore bands before starting VersaEmerge in 2006. Since 2007, Harnage has toured extensively with his band VersaEmerge.
As of recently, he and singer Sierra Kusterbeck have started creating music under the simplified name Versa. Departing from the bands previously energetic rock sound, Versa showcases deep electronic and atmospheric sounds.
Blake Harnage has done production on many releases including VersaEmerge"s 2012 release Another Atmosphere Preview European Parliament, as well as the more recent release from Versa - Neon European Parliament. In 2013, Harnage began work on debut album from PVRIS entitled White Noise.
He and PVRIS vocalist Lyndsey Gunnulfsen completed the writing and recording of White Noise almost entirely at his home studio in Portuguese Saint Lucie, Florida. Harnage has been dating artist and entrepreneur Charlavail Effron since March 2010.