Shin started singing while still at primary school, he was influenced from a young age and is still motivated today, by a wide variety of singers from around the world. His inspirations include Mohd. Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle from the Indian film industry, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ajoy Chakrobarty, Pandit Bheemsen Joshi some of the giants of Indian classical music and on the Bhangra scene he has always looked up to that ever green artist from Punjab, Gurdas Mann. In the west where Shin was born and educated he was influenced by artists such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, James Brown, Freddie Mercury and The Jackson 5 to name a few.
These wide and diverse influences when thrown into the mix have helped Shin to create his distinct style of vocal delivery and music production in the Bhangra industry which has become the trade mark sound of DCS the Bhangra band that Shin is a founder member of.