Who carries the connections
The figures below are computed on this dataset and nothing else. Degree is the number of edges attached to a node, with every edge type (personnel, lineage, records, labels, adjacency, plans) weighted equally and parallel edges between the same pair counted separately; distinct is the number of different neighbours. Betweenness is the share of shortest paths between all other pairs of nodes that pass through the node, on the simple undirected graph; it rewards nodes that bridge otherwise separate parts of the map. The people and production figure (personnel betweenness in the workbook and the map panel) repeats the calculation on the subgraph of worked at, founded or owned, moved to, spawned, became, linked venture, produced and mentored edges only, which is the lineage proper. Jurisdiction nodes are excluded and countywide venues, which have no documented act tying them to the corridor, score zero by construction. Criteria's degree of 108 against a second place of 16 (Tom Dowd) is the shape of the corridor in one number: a star, with the anchor at the centre and a ring that does not yet connect to itself.
| Rank | Node | Kind | Layer | Degree | Distinct | Betweenness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Criteria Recording Studios | studio | Anchor: Criteria across its eras | 108 | 106 | 0.352 |
| 2 | West Dixie Highway | place | Places and development | 12 | 12 | 0.066 |
| 3 | Miami Beach Recording Studios | studio | Recording studios | 7 | 7 | 0.031 |
| 4 | Audio Vision Studios | studio | Recording studios | 7 | 7 | 0.014 |
| 5 | Allure North Miami (1810 NE 146th St) | place | Places and development | 7 | 7 | 0.011 |
| 6 | Hit Central Records | studio | Recording studios | 3 | 3 | 0.010 |
| 7 | Afterhours Music | studio | Recording studios | 3 | 3 | 0.010 |
| 8 | The Hit Factory | label | Labels and publishers | 5 | 5 | 0.010 |
| 9 | Space Music | shop | Gear, repair and record stores | 3 | 3 | 0.010 |
| 10 | Emerman era, 1958 to 1991 | era | Anchor: Criteria across its eras | 2 | 2 | 0.010 |
| 11 | Steve Alaimo | person | Producers, engineers, owners | 5 | 5 | 0.008 |
| 12 | Hit Factory Criteria, 1999 to 2017 | era | Anchor: Criteria across its eras | 3 | 3 | 0.005 |
| 13 | Bay Eight Recording Studios | studio | Recording studios | 4 | 4 | 0.005 |
| 14 | Set By Design | studio | Recording studios | 2 | 2 | 0.005 |
| 15 | Wynwood Sound | shop | Gear, repair and record stores | 2 | 2 | 0.005 |
| 16 | SAE Institute Miami | school | Schools | 4 | 4 | 0.005 |
| 17 | The Guitar Nook | shop | Gear, repair and record stores | 2 | 2 | 0.005 |
| 18 | Dezerland Park West (1890 NE 146th St) | place | Places and development | 4 | 4 | 0.005 |
| 19 | Alston Records | label | Labels and publishers | 4 | 4 | 0.005 |
| 20 | Atlantic Studios South, 1969 to 1975 | era | Anchor: Criteria across its eras | 2 | 2 | 0.005 |
People and production network
This view removes adjacency, record credits, labels and plans, leaving the documented people and organisational relationships (worked at, founded or owned, moved to, spawned, became, linked venture, produced or engineered, mentored) through which knowledge, ownership, production practice and institutional continuity move. It is broader than personnel in the musician's sense and the workbook column keeps the engine's name, personnel betweenness, for comparability with the other maps.
Restricting the graph to people and production relations keeps Criteria at the top (0.114) and brings the connective people forward: Tom Dowd, Karl Richardson, Steve Alaimo, Arif Mardin and Bill Szymczyk carry the bridges between the anchor, the labels and the ring, where the full graph hides them behind records and adjacency. Every studio in the ring other than Audio Vision and Miami Beach Recording Studios scores zero on the people and production graph, which is the measurable form of the detection's claim: the rooms share a street and an anchor, not people, on the record so far.
| Rank | Node | Kind | Layer | People and production betweenness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Criteria Recording Studios | studio | Anchor: Criteria across its eras | 0.114 |
| 2 | Tom Dowd | person | Producers, engineers, owners | 0.015 |
| 3 | Karl Richardson | person | Producers, engineers, owners | 0.010 |
| 4 | Steve Alaimo | person | Producers, engineers, owners | 0.010 |
| 5 | Arif Mardin | person | Producers, engineers, owners | 0.010 |
| 6 | Bill Szymczyk | person | Producers, engineers, owners | 0.009 |
| 7 | Eric Schilling | person | Producers, engineers, owners | 0.009 |
| 8 | Martin Birch | person | Producers, engineers, owners | 0.009 |
| 9 | Ron Albert | person | Producers, engineers, owners | 0.007 |
| 10 | Howard Albert | person | Producers, engineers, owners | 0.007 |
| 11 | Timbaland | person | Producers, engineers, owners | 0.006 |
| 12 | The Hit Factory | label | Labels and publishers | 0.006 |
| 13 | Emerman era, 1958 to 1991 | era | Anchor: Criteria across its eras | 0.006 |
| 14 | Albhy Galuten | person | Producers, engineers, owners | 0.004 |
| 15 | Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) | record | Artists and records | 0.004 |
People who moved between mapped institutions
Every person on the map with a documented role at two or more studios, labels, shops or projects, in order of first year.
| Person | Class | Chain |
|---|---|---|
| Mack Emerman | personnel connector | Criteria Gold Coast founded or owned, 1950 → Criteria Recording Studios founded or owned, 1958 |
| Tom Dowd | personnel connector | Atlantic Records worked at, 1954 to 1970s → Criteria Recording Studios worked at, 1969 to 2002 |
| Jerry Wexler | personnel connector | Atlantic Records worked at, 1953 to 1975 → Criteria Recording Studios worked at, 1969 to 1975 |
| Arif Mardin | personnel connector | Atlantic Records worked at, 1963 to 2001 → Criteria Recording Studios worked at, 1969 to 1975 |
| Howard Albert | personnel connector | Criteria Recording Studios worked at, 1969 to 1983 → Audio Vision Studios founded or owned, 1987 → Vision Records founded or owned, 1987 |
| Steve Alaimo | personnel connector | Alston Records founded or owned, 1969 → Criteria Recording Studios worked at, 1971 → TK Records founded or owned, 1972 → Audio Vision Studios founded or owned, 1987 → Vision Records founded or owned, 1987 |
| Henry Stone | personnel connector | Alston Records founded or owned, 1969 → TK Records founded or owned, 1972 |
| Ed Germano | personnel connector | The Hit Factory founded or owned, 1975 → Criteria Recording Studios founded or owned, 1999 to 2003 |
| Troy Germano | personnel connector | The Hit Factory worked at, 1999 to 2026 → Criteria Recording Studios worked at, 1999 to 2012 |
| Grover (Jeep) Harned | personnel connector | MCI (Music Center Incorporated) founded or owned, 1955 → Criteria Recording Studios worked at, 1958 |
| Luciano Delgado | personnel connector | SYNC Studios founded or owned, 1979 → Miami Beach Recording Studios founded or owned, 1997 |