AN LJ35 AIR TAXI FLC NEAR BDL FAILS TO MAINTAIN ALT AS ASSIGNED BY ATC.

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WE WERE DSNDING INTO BDL. WE SAW THE ARPT APPROX 30 MI OUT AS WE WERE CLRED TO DSND TO 7000 FT. HE HAD CALLED OUT A SMALL AIRPLANE TO US AT 6500 FT AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR IT WHEN I REALIZED WE HAD DSNDED TO 6500 FT. AS I WAS SERIOUSLY PULLING ON THE YOKE AND ADDING PWR; THE CTLR -- IN AN ALARMING TONE OF VOICE -- TOLD US TO CLB; TOLD US WHERE WE WERE; TOLD US TO TURN TO A HDG; AND TOLD US WHERE THE TFC WAS -- ALL IN SEPARATE XMISSIONS; TO WHICH WE BOTH COMPLIED AND RESPONDED TO EACH ONE. THE ENTIRE EVENT COULD NOT HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN 5 SECONDS. THE CTLR SEEMED TO BE UPSET THE MOST BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HEAR US REPLY TO EVERY XMISSION. UPON REACHING THE GND; THE TWR ASKED US TO CALL APCH CTL ON THE PHONE; WHICH I DID. THE MAN IN CHARGE SAID HE JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY DIDN'T WE RESPOND TO THE CTLR'S XMISSIONS. I CLRLY WAS GIVING MORE ATTN TO MY VFR FLYING THAN TO MY IFR FLYING. THERE'S NO REAL EXCUSE; I SIMPLY MUST REMEMBER THAT EVEN THOUGH THE WX IS CAVU; I STILL HAVE TO FLY THE AIRPLANE AS IF IT IS 200 FT AND 1/2 MI VIS.