PayPerLive could easily become the de-facto standard for bands who want to broadcasts concerts live as a pay-per-view event. The success of this service, however, will depend greatly on the quality of the video, but also the audio stream. If our experience with watching Leo Laporte's steams on TWIT is any indication, though, Stickam should do just fine.

Still, paying users tend to be a lot more fickle than those using a free service (and those can be quite fickle already), so part of Stickam's challenge will be to provide a stable, high-quality service that doesn't go down or stutter in the middle of a concert or consultation session.

The site is free for up to 100 minutes on a "pre-subscription" pass, after that it costs EU€8 per month (about US$11.75). In addition to full access to live streams, paying members get SMS text reminders of upcoming music events in their area based on the event calendar that Awdio maintains.

Awdio shares 20% of subscription revenue with clubs based on listeners, and another 10% with bands or DJs. The site offers an analytics package to clubs that allows them to monitor listener numbers in real time.

In all, Awdio is a pretty interesting take on web radio. There are a number of DJs who stream mixes live on the web (a friend of mine often DJs live in Second Life), but streaming live from clubs is something I haven't seen done before. Will people pay for it? It's one thing to pay a cover charge to get into a club where you're going to be socializing with other people, but will it still be worth the cover if you don't get the dancing?