He made his first public performance in 1908 in Shusha, which proved to be a great success and brought the 19-year-old singer big fame in the city.

At his uncle's insistence, Shushinski completed another 2 years of musical education at Mir Mohsun Navvab's school and was recognized as a professional khananda.

The money made off these concerts were donated to various Azeri publishing houses and spent on training young singers in vocal arts.

In 1933 along with Jahan Talyshinskaya, he founded the Oriental Music Ensemble which toured Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.

In 1933–1938 he worked as the artistic director of the Fizuli State Drama Theatre, still continuing to give concerts in Baku.