late June 2005 - a crude slide bottle is constructed by breaking off the bottom of a bottle, attaching a pvc pipe, and sliding in a bucket of water. a second one is made by breaking a wine bottle using heat fracture. first concert in a lake as part of SDAS nature walk collaborative experience.

august 2005 - matthew gray suggests the glove.

september-oct 2005 - a recital with three shavings off the infinite block of goodness for udderbot sextet, played by bottlestar galactica. more exemplary in nature. high register and accuracy discovered.

oct 2005 - ben grow suggests the name udderbot, replacing 'slide bottle'

oct 31 2005 - performance of Queen of the Night Aria from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte on the PDQ Bach and friends concert

nov. 5 2005 - performance as part of DLI's 60 minutes of minutes fundraiser (one minute improv)

nov 2005 - commission of wake up x3 on 20/21 concert for chamber ensemble including udderbot. Travels to wisconsin, shown to elizabeth adams and the nonsense company.

dec. 8-9 2005 - i try to show the udderbot to peter shickele but he is too busy. but he gets a dvd of the halloween concert.

dec-jan 2005-6 - failed attempt at getting together a bottle band from first colonial high school students. one demo in band class. also governor's school for the arts, andrey kasparov.

feb. 9-11 2006 - udderbot making table at SCI convention. less than 1 convert.

spring 2006 - shown to william bolcom, zawa duo, elizabeth brown, john anthony lennon, cooper-moore with varied response. 5 gallons of spring water drunk in preparation for contrabot.

march 23, april 2006 - three fossils revisited arranged for udderbot/accordion, played on an intimite lembit beecher recital and at a JUMP concert with explanation for the kids. worksheet handed out to parents.

april 2006 - seventeen tone piano proj. phase one, the elitist rumba. small feature on francisco castillo's señor recital.

may 2006 - udderbot travels to NY and LA and San Diego. Meets Sonic Arts folk and the Wuerers.

june 2006 - udderbot returns to SDAS. lip-folding seal technique invented by elizabeth adams. udderbot visits veterans' hospital and richwood, WV's shoestring gallery. udder-talking improvisation, soul-searching mountain hike and bird dialogue. picobot and bamboo fingerbot.

july 2006 - elizabeth adams' garden composition project includes plastic udderbots. tommy scheurich organizes king neptune performance art at virginia beach boardwalk. "ita vero, neptune is lord!" prototype sent to Bart Hopkin of Experimental Musical Instruments.

august 2006. interview and big fancy article in virginian pilot. first udderbot podcast.

sept-nov 2006. udderbot joins the MOB, playing flute parts; amplified solo on the Funky Chicken at New Orleans Superdome.

sept 2006. udderbot making party for MOB members

oct. 2006 - matt gray and friends dinner party improv sessions (Eastman).

nov. 2006 - not much action, many many leaks. playing bots brass-style at bonnie brae. picobot attains and surpasses piano's highest C.

dec. 1-3 2006- travels to urbana, illinois; plays at 2 house theatre showings at the herbert brun house. loop studies 1 and 2, composer's guide to the udderbot, nero's expedition by moondog.

dec. 4 2006 - website v.0.0. "All about corn" a miniature for bassoon and udderbot based on a crayon drawing.

feb. 2007 - wandering minstrel / folk trio with Emily Dahl, Ted Merritt at Shepherd Fusion event.

march 5 2007 - presentation at London Metropolitan University's "New Tunings and Instruments" symposium in conjunction with Microfest UK 2.

aug 2007 - udderbot meets the Stearns in Cape Cod, MA.

sept. 3 2007 - a flying udder-octopus is sighted making bird sounds in the School for Designing a Society's cadre of marchers at the Urbana Labor Day Parade.

nov. 2 2007 - new york debut at Moondog Rising, as part of An Exciting Event, on the palindromic round "Draw now, Ella".

nov.-dec. 2007 - I-Park residency in East Haddam, CT. The usefulness of Gorilla Glue discovered. Five-octave range attained. Many exciting projects initiated, including Udderbot Xmas album.

dec. 27&28 2007 - Udderbot Xmas house concerts in Virginia Beach. Also, a fundraiser for the Gesundheit! Institute.