When one is in search of an album that will help to strip away the stress of modern life, the array of new age junk on store shelves can get quite disheartening. The people who make these albums have low expectations of their listeners; album after album of mass-produced "calming" music is a swamp of synthesizers and faux- native american sounds (the occasional bird call), piled on top of each other for no other reasons than to: 1. Cover up the lack of musicianship and care for arrangement, and 2. To apparently achieve this "calm" by bludgeoning the listener into a daze with sonic mud. 
In such a landscape, Tim Frantz's "One On One" is a  breath of fresh air. Indeed, to call this masterpiece "relaxation music" would be a severe discredit to the music and its creator, as Frantz weaves country, classical, and folk guitar styles into a sort of Phil-Keaggy-esque Americana, through which the listener achieves relaxation and reflection by the sheer precision and beauty of his various originals and covers. Whether it's the Frantz-penned "Living Water", Bob Seger's "Livin' in the country", or hymns like "His Eye is On The Sparrow",  Frantz makes no secret that he is worhipping his creator through his careful and brilliant arrangements, which makes it all the more easy for the listener to do the same.
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