Economy welfare for the existence of the traditional music group "Campursari" inSemarang city, Indonesia

The Traditional Music Group "Campursari" in Semarang City (KMTC) asthe defender of art and culture in Indonesia needs to be existed. It seems that KMTC becomes less and less in number. This is caused by the unprospective welfare of the Group (KMTC). This then is as the background of the study in revealing the need of exploring the characteristics and aspects of welfare in motivating the existence of the Group (KMTC). The data collection is done by giving questionaires and doing interviews for the respondents. The data comprises 20 Groups (KMTC) consisting of 20 chairpersons and 20 members. The sampling technique used is "Snowy Ball Method". The results showed that the Group (KMTC) welfare is important, but the nowadays condition is not like what the Group really expected. The existence of the Group (KMTC) is not merely motivated by fulfilling the economy welfare, but the portion is more on the welfare improvement of science and technology, art and culture, social and education, and health. This indicated that becoming the Group (KMTC) members because of not fulfilling the basic need (economy welfare), but motivated by social need (social esteem) or even higher motivation, i.e. self actualization. Based on this fact, this study completed by suggestions on ways to improve the Group (KMTC) welfare as managerial suggestions.