Murray Decock and Chris Roberts won InspireMore's Heaven & Nature Sing Promotion with a song that doesn't feel like a typical Christmas track at all. "Every Christmas" takes its time getting to the holiday itself — first asking listeners to pause, take inventory of their lives, and notice what they already have. It's a song about the season's emotional texture, not its commercial one.
Decock, a classically trained pianist with a doctorate in music, started the track. Roberts, a Broadway-experienced songwriter with 25 years in the industry, heard something in that initial vision that resonated deeply. "I love the way this song made me feel through the holiday season," Roberts said. The two found themselves aligned on the song's central idea: that the generosity, forgiveness, and openness people feel in December could reshape the entire year if we let it.
"There's something about the Christmas season that makes everyone a little happier, more generous, more forgiving," Decock explained. "I wanted to use the song to reinforce just how different the world would be if we all just stretched that 'magic' throughout the 12 months of the year."
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Start Your News DetoxThe win came with a $500 donation to a charity of their choice. Roberts directed his toward the Center for Contemplative Justice in Nashville, Tennessee — an organization he sees as essential advocacy work for those who need it most.
What's Next
Decock is pitching songs to music supervisors in TV and film, hoping to land licenses in 2026. He's also helping 3686 Records, an indie label, secure investment to scale up. Roberts has two new musicals premiering — The Way, Way West and 3 Way Stop — and a requiem mass in development. His longer-term goal is straightforward: write all the music for a TV series he's been developing, and see people actually watch it.
Both artists describe themselves as already living their professional dreams, working with top-tier musicians across Nashville, London, Montreal, and New York. But dreams, it seems, keep expanding.
