Singapore Magician or Mentalist? What's the Difference?

What is the difference between a Singapore Mentalist and Magician?

I present myself primarily as a mentalist and secondarily as a magician. Often, this leaves people asking "What is mentalism?" and "how does mentalism differ from magic?" Below, I highlight some of the main differences. 

Mentalism

Uses psychological techniques (sleight of Mind). 

Pros: It's all about the audience and their thoughts. Highly audience-centric.
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Some Effects:
-Mind Reading 
-Lie Detection
-Psychological Influence
-Pre-Cognition (Predicting Future Choices)
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Would you want to know what is on your boss's mind or know when your co-worker is lying? ​

Magic

Uses sleight of hand and cleverly made gimmicks.

Pros: Usually highly visual leaving an impossible image in people's minds

Some Effects:
-Causing items to vanish, appear and teleport. 
-Causing an item to penetrate another 
-Causing items to change instantly 
-Making items fly or float
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Would you like to see objects flying, coins disappearing, cards changing colors, or a standard pick a card trick? 

These are what I considers to be the main differences between mentalism and magic. There are others who may highlight many more things to show how magic and mentalism differ. Some others also take other forms of psychic-like effects to be part of mentalism. For example, they may do readings, divination, talking to the dead, etc. I stay away from these kind of 'mentalism.'

Frederick is primarily a Singapore Mentalist but also a Singapore Magician. He incorporates the best of both worlds into his show. This makes him highly unique and helps to cater to different kinds of audiences. Contact him now!