Anyone want to pay an extra 50% for their Spotify subscription? This bill would make it mandatory.

• A proposed bill would add an extra $4 to $10 a month to streaming music fees.
• Making streaming music work better for artists — especially non-famous ones — is a real problem.
• But this bill won't solve it because it's never going anywhere.

Lots of consumers like streaming music. Lots of musicians complain about streaming — they say it doesn't generate nearly as much revenue for them as they deserve and need.

So here's a proposal to help fix that: a tax that would increase American consumers' music streaming bills by 50% — meaning you'd pay an extra $4 to $10 a month for services like Spotify or Apple Music.

[Record scratch.] What?