自西元兩千年後音樂科技的革新與數位串流的興起,對於唱片工業造成巨大影響,音樂創作者不再需要依靠主流唱片公司也能獨立發行作品。於此過程中,女性創作者獲得更多音樂產製上的主導權,並於作品中展現更真實的女性經驗書寫,進而改變音樂產業中的處境,並成為自我賦權的途徑。本文將音樂創作視為「建構」的過程,以後現代女性主義學者西蘇提出之「陰性書寫」的概念,分析女性音樂人如何藉由「聲音書寫」,讓聲音成為一種傳達女性意識的途徑,重建或再現女性經驗。研究方法上採用質性方法中的深度訪談進行,並融合文本分析法,針對音樂產業中五位女性獨立音樂創作者進行深度訪談。
研究發現,在音樂科技轉變後,音樂工業的「去中心化」使得女性創作者於產業中更加具備能動性。此外,音樂市場的分眾趨勢,使獨立與主流音樂的界線模糊,獨立音樂於唱片工業中不再居於弱勢,更完整展現音樂創作及產製的自主性與獨立性。當代女性獨立創作者透過「聲音」書寫女性生命經驗,作品中交織著族群、國族認同、性別認同等不同議題的關懷,解構了傳統陽性的二元對立邏輯,同時與聽者構築了一個容納共同女性經驗的陰性空間。
Since 2000, the innovation of technology in music industry and the rise of digital streaming have had a huge impact on the music industry. Music artists no longer need to rely on mainstream record companies to release their works. In this process, female songwriter earns more autonomy in the music production system, and demonstrate more authentic female writing experience in their works, thereby changing the situation in the music industry and introducing a way of self-empowerment. This study regards music creation as a process of "construction," within the concept of "Écriture féminine" proposed by postmodern feminist scholar Hélène Cixous, and analyzes how female songwriter use "writing by the voice" to make sound a way to convey female consciousness, reconstruct or reproduce the female experience. The research method adopts the qualitative method of in-depth interviews integrating with text analysis methods to conduct in-depth interviews with five female independent music artists in the music industry.
The study found that after the transformation of technology in music industry, the "decentralization" of the music industry has made female songwriter more active in the industry. The focus of the music market has blurred the boundaries between independent and pop music. Independent music is no longer a disadvantage in the music industry. Compared with mainstream music, it more fully demonstrates the autonomy and independence of music creation and production. Contemporary female independent artists write women's life experiences through "voice." The works are intertwined with concerns of different issues such as ethnicity, national identity, and gender identity providing a feminist space for shared female experience.