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Box Five is a solo project by Mary Bichner that was originally a permanent band.

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[edit] Discography

[edit] Exercises in Modern Pop

(Release date: January 1st, 2005)

  1. Write it Out
  2. Nice Boy/ Blow My Cover
  3. (No Title)
  4. Microscopic
  5. Running
  6. Snow Hymn

All songs written by: Mary Bichner

Performed by: Mary Bichner (vocals/piano) Joe Bichner (guitar) Brian Hopely (bass) Doug Holton (drums)

Recorded by: David Ivory @ Dylanava Studios, November 2004

Album Artwork by: Vincent Giard

[edit] fen

(Release date: April 3, 2006)

  1. Aqua Toffana
  2. Doctrines (solo version)
  3. Ceasefire
  4. On dying (for attention)

All songs written by: Mary Bichner

Performed by: Mary Bichner (vocals/piano) Joe Bichner (guitar)

Recorded by: Jeff Hiatt @ Turtle Studios, October 2005

Cover Photo by: Veronica Chojnacki

Album Artwork By: la rossa

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Both the above releases are available free, online, directly from the artist. As of Spring 2006, the fen EP may possibly be heading for a pressing, as well, although there is no time frame (or certainty) for this.

The name Box Five is a reference to The Phantom of the Opera.

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http://cbs3.com/specialreports/local_story_207213640.html

Local Woman Sharing Musical 'Vision' by Alycia Lane PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ― The legends of classical composers like Mozart and Beethoven seem buried in the distant past, but there is a classical composer living in Philadelphia and critics say her talents could rival those of the greats. CBS 3 Anchor Alycia Lane reports the best part is she's sharing her vision with anyone who'll take a look. The sound is mesmerizing, the notes are haunting, but what is most unbelievable is the music was composed by a 23-year-old. "I just want to make music," said composer Mary Bichner. "Making music" is a humble description for what Philadelphia native, Mary Bichner is capable of. Not only can Bichner hear music, she sees it with what is called synesthesia. "I associate specific notes with specific colors. So every time I hear an F, I see purple," she said. As few as one in every 2,000 people have the gift and far fewer have the musical training to use it. Mentor Eric Haeker of Arts In Motion calls Bichner a music phenom. "This is essentially like seeing the grid, or seeing the code in the Matrix," he said. As Mary looks at the piano keys, every note is associated with a color. "When I write my own songs as a short hand, I'll just kind of scribble in crayon so I know what cord it is for later on," Bichner said. Her talents are funded in part by Arts In Motion, a non-profit organization working to support the evolution of classical music. "As an artist she's already able to put to shame composers who would struggle for years to develop the same kinds of techniques," Haeker said. Thanks to technology Eric and his team are developing, people are able to see what Bichner sees when she hears music. "I'm able to put it up on a projection screen and show people exactly what goes on when I perform one of my songs," said Bichner. Aside from enriching the audio experience, there may be more practical purposes down the road, including introducing the program to those who are deaf. "The technologies that we have available to us now, for the first time ever in the history of art make that possible," Haeker said. It leaves only a world of possibilities that lies inside the mind of a young composer with a vision for the future. "You're going to be hearing a lot from Mary in the next 10, 20-years and if we have anything to say about it, long after we're gone," Haeker said.

http://artsinmotion.org/artists/mary.html

Click Here to view a CBS3 / KYW Special Feature on Mary Bichner Mary Bichner, a 23-year-old composer and performer hailing from the bustling metropolis of Philadelphia, PA, founded the Box Five project. Combining Mozart-inspired chord progressions and bratty Brit-rock hooks into a musical succotash she likes to call classipop, the eccentric yet loveable redhead hopes to breathe new life into the calcified world of "radio-friendly" contemporary music through her memorable melodies and solid songwriting. In 2005, a six-song EP entitled Exercises in Modern Pop -- recorded by Grammy-winning producer David Ivory -- was released for free on the BOX FIVE website. The album is still available on Box Five's jukebox page if you'd like to give it a listen; there are a couple demos and live recordings waiting there for you, too. Mary has just finished recording a follow-up EP of "solo" tunes, entitled fen (all lowercase), written specifically for one voice and one instrument. She is eagerly shopping the disc to various independent record labels, and busily booking a number of Box Five shows for the coming months -- catch her if you can! :o)

http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2003-06-26/hearhere.shtml

’Head Case Remember Mary Bichner? She’s the 20-year-old keyboard-playing, songwriting, mighty morphin’ teenage mutant polymodal synesthete who uses her natural-born perfect pitch to transcribe her favorite band, Radiohead, into piano sheet music and post it on her website -- and who was given a cease-and-desist order by music publishing company Warner/Chappell because, hey, that’s copyrighted material! Any of that ring a bell? Turns out it was part of a Web-wide sweep by W/C on a bunch of Radiohead fan pages. Since then, many of those sites -- mostly ones that specialize in lovingly reprinting lyrics (but listen, in "Creep," he’s not saying, "I’m a window") -- have been granted little one-year licenses to put their stuff back up. Bichner’s "Radiohead for the Pianoforte" project took a little longer to figure out. It’s like, who even does piano tablature? W/C finally granted permission to re-post the pages, with a few terms (like attributing songwriting credit where it’s due). Furthermore, Bichner’s handwritten scores will be considered by the publishing company’s "staff arrangers" (does the band do anything by itself?) for consideration, should they one day start publishing Radiohead music for the piano. "If they like them and believe that they are commercially viable," says the letter from W/C, "I’m sure we can work something out with you to help us produce such a product. I hope this is agreeable to you." Agreeable? Bichner’s plan to one day join/marry Radiohead is working perfectly! Go to www.littlerowboat.net.


http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2003-06-05/hearhere.shtml

Not OK, Computer If the karma police are real at all, Radiohead should expect to get pulled over. Local singer/songwriter Mary Bichner, who writes spectacularly dark and orchestral keyboard rock songs, spends at least some of her spare time using her perfect-pitch skills to transcribe her favorite band’s songs into sheet music. Her "Radiohead for the Pianoforte" project (featured on her site, www.littlerowboat.net) is a dedicated and dazzling collection of handwritten musical scores. Or it was. The 20-year-old Bichner just got a letter from Warner/Chappell, Radiohead’s publishing company, saying she was cutting in on the money the band makes from putting out songbooks. So she had to take the "Pianoforte" pages off the site. Besides the debatable position that Thom Yorke and co. should not be treating their most loyal fans like that (or letting their label do it for them), it should be noted that hardly any of Bichner’s transcriptions are actually available elsewhere. Unlike most of the Radiohead piano books out there, she takes on B-sides and live tracks. After all this, though, Bichner’s still quite enamored with the band and is willing to kill just about anyone to get into the Radiohead Y100 Sonic Sessions appearance this summer. If the band wishes to return any sense of order to the cosmos, and unbreak the heart of their biggest fan, they will get her into that show. Better yet, they should hire her to write up their songbooks.

[edit] External link

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/pregig-monotony-box-five/3955094154

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