[2] Ingram was born in Australia, his family comes from a village, Gabagaba, Central Province, Papua New Guinea and he is of Melanesian descent.
[3] Ingram joined the Australian Youth Orchestra as a percussionist for a world tour.
[3] As a drummer and/or percussionist,[6] he has performed with or been a member of Drum Drum,[5] Telek, Bart Willoughby, Wild Water, Gurrumul, Yothu Yindi, Tribe of Jubal and Grrilla Step.
In 2006 Ingram and David Bridie established the Wantok Musik Foundation.
With Tania Nugent he formed Makoda, which directed the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Pacific Games, held in 2015.