Because of that I need people to make me music...
Make the guy be able to more,.
I think that a older final fantasy style battle system would work well... were you have a bar that refills to show when your attack is ready.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZyO3-0zfkknotice the little bars with the character's names beside them? When a character's bar fills up then the attack menu for that character pops up.